At the name of Jesus
every knee shall bow,
every tongue confess Him
King of glory now.
This the Father's pleasure
we should call Him Lord,
who from the beginning
was the mighty Word.
Mighty and mysterious
in the highest height,
God from everlasting,
very Light of light.
In the Father's bosom,
with the Spirits blest,
love, in love eternal,
rest, in perfect rest.
Humbled for a season,
to receive a name
from the lips of sinners
unto whom He came;
faithfully He bore it
spotless to the last,
brought it back victorious,
when from death He passed.
Bore it up triumphant
with its human light,
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