Sing praises with a Psalm

Acts 1:1–11 and Psalm 47 

Is this the time our nation

will rise again? Is this 

the time we have our own

king again? 

People, clap your hands, 

shout joy, sing loud,

to Holy One Most High,

awesome, king of all the earth! 

Is this the time to sing 

again, to shout our God 

is king of all the earth? 

Sing of God who sets 

our seat beyond the rest; 

sing of God, gone up with shouts

and trumpet sounds, sing praise,

sing praise, sing praises with a psalm! 

Why gaze into the clouds, dear

folk, when he is gone? 

Why watch the sky when he

has given you the earth to walk in peace? 

The princes gather? 

Our God is king – with shields

and throne and – ? 

Walk the earth in peace,

your God will come among you

as before and always, not as

the kings of earth. 

A Holy 'king', a Holy realm,

princes will be like all

the people of Holy One, 

exalting Holy One alone,

who are our shield, our song. 

This is the time, so sing

your joy aloud, so open

to the realm of God that comes

upon the earth: sing 

praises with a psalm!