Prepare thy most harmonious strains
Glad hallelujahs to prolong.
2Tremble, ye pageants of a day,
Formed, like your slaves, of brittle clay!
Down to the dust your sceptres bend;
To everlasting years He reigns,
And undiminished state maintains,
When kings, and suns, and time shall end.
3So shall his favored Zion live:
In vain confed'rate nations strive