English
Joy to the World
- Author
- Isaac Watts
- Tune
- ANTIOCH
- Composer
- Lowell Mason
- Copyright
- ✓ Public Domain Verified
Verse 1
Joy to the world! the Lord is come; Let earth receive her King; Let every heart prepare him room, And heaven and nature sing, And heaven and nature sing, And heaven, and heaven and nature sing.
Verse 2
Joy to the world! the Saviour reigns; Let men their songs employ; While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains Repeat the sounding joy, Repeat the sounding joy, Repeat, repeat the sounding joy.
Verse 3
He rules the world with truth and grace, And makes the nations prove The glories of his righteousness, And wonders of his love, And wonders of his love, And wonders, and wonders of his love.
Public Domain Information
- Text
- Public Domain
- Tune
- Not verified (melody not provided)
- Verified
- October 3, 2026
- Verification sources
- The Army and Navy Hymnal (Public Domain Archive)
Public Domain status verified for the listed text/source.
Rights & Sources
- Text Rights
- Public Domain The Army and Navy Hymnal (1920), hymn no. 31, scan page 58 (https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:The_Army_and_Navy_Hymnal.djvu/58). Credit as printed: Isaac Watts, 1719. Text author: Isaac Watts (1674–1748; dates from Wikidata Q537034, linked from the Wikisource author page). Published in the United States before 1931 and the author died more than 70 years ago (1748): public domain.
- Tune Rights
- Not verified — not provided
- Translation Rights
- Not applicable (original-language text)
- Arrangement Rights
- No BibleSlide arrangement provided
- Recording Rights
- No recording provided
- Score / sheet music Rights
- No sheet music provided