Joy To The World
Mormon Tabernacle Choir and The Philadelphia Brass Ensemble & Percussion Lyrics

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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.

Joy to the earth, the Savior 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.

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, wonders, of His love.

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.

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of "Joy to the World" is a hymn that speaks about the arrival of the Lord, and how every earth and heaven should sing about His coming. The first verse discusses the arrival of the Lord and encourages every heart to prepare a room for Him. The second verse follows up, speaking about how the Savior reigns and how men should employ their songs while everything around them sings in joy. The final verse aims to comfort people by declaring that the Lord will put an end to sadness and that He will make His blessings flow to every corner of the earth.

Line by Line Meaning

Joy to the world, the Lord is come!
Let us all rejoice, for the Lord has arrived!

Let earth receive her King,
May the earth welcome and accept its King

Let every heart prepare Him room,
May all our hearts make space for Him

And heaven and nature sing,
Even the heavens and nature join in the joyful song!

And heaven, and heaven, and nature sing.
And even more, the heavens and nature join in singing His praise!

Joy to the world, the Savior reigns!
Let us all rejoice, for the Savior now reigns!

Let men their songs employ,
Let all men use their voices to praise Him

While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains
May all of creation join together in song

Repeat the sounding joy,
And let the joyful noise continue!

Repeat, repeat, the sounding joy.
Keep repeating the joyful noise, let it never stop!

No more let sins and sorrows grow,
Let us stop sin and sorrow from spreading

Nor thorns infest the ground,
Let there be no more pain and suffering

He comes to make His blessings flow
He has come to bless us all

Far as the curse is found,
His blessings will reach as far as the curse has spread

Far as, far as, the curse is found.
His blessings will reach far and wide, wherever the curse has gone

He rules the world with truth and grace,
He is the ruler of the world, full of truth and grace

And makes the nations prove
And He makes the nations believe

The glories of His righteousness,
The wonders of His righteousness are shown to all

And wonders of His love,
And the wonders of His love are revealed

And wonders, wonders, of His love.
His love is a wonder beyond words, beyond comprehension

Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Peermusic Publishing, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: KEVIN OLUSOLA, AVRIEL KAPLAN, TRADITIONAL, BEN BRAM

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