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Gloria i Excelsis Deu

 

Frederick Kwesi Great Agboletey

Brottby, Sweden

 

Te Deum

 

Praise be to thee, O Jehovah

Creator of the heavens and the earth

And all that is in them.

Glorious Father most brilliant

Enthroned in majestic royalty

Set between Cherubim and Seraphim

Enthroned amidst holy of Holies, Jehovah El Shaddai,

Jehovah Jireh, mighty and glorious master,

Captain of the vessel of life

Steering creation on a certain course

To you O Jehovah, we pray in praise-

 

We give praise to thy worthy name

Most worthy Father

Our glorious exaltation in truth arises to thee

A joy resonating that fills your works

You are worthy, Lord God Almighty to be glorified

The heavens, the earth, holy assemblage of Angels in majestic array

Proclaim desirable glory of the Father

Adonai, El Shaddai-

 

From the heights of heavens

Great Assembly of Holy Angels, did praise

Proclaiming in sonorous cadence

Praise from willing hearts

That they thy Holy Majesty praise-

 

From isolated places far removed

In quietness of hearts unperturbed

By premeditated violation of His Holy sanctity

Faithful hearts in holy prayer doth praise the Lord

Great is the gathering of thy obedient servants

That in truth and worship praise thee-

Praise awaits thee, O Jehovah in Zion

In thy holy city

Heavenly Jerusalem adorned in precious brilliance

Of incomparable beauty

David's sanctuary of joy

Jerusalem s portals open to holy chant of praise-

 

Praise upon praise in the far and near places

Among the lush havens of tropical mountain tops

Hearts and minds have overcome compelling trepidation

Rising in unison, calm amidst furious heaving turmoil

Holy indeed is the praise that rises

From hearts circumcised in faith

Rising to adorn the throne of Jehovah the Lord of hosts-

 

A song of joy lights benumbing gloom of dreary existence

When light of salvation borne on divine wings

Of love infinite in scope of comprehension

Of man's lowly state

From anointed womb

Did by holy fruition gave redemption birth-

 

David's son exalted in calm composure

Did walk ancient dusty streets of Nazareth,

He by whom little Bethlehem did gain fame

Established forever in heaven's script

Written before time forever

Establishment of salvation wrought in torture and pain

Weighty burden of man’s salvation dragging sorrow

Indented for eternity on Israel’s holy grounds-

 

My Saviour groaning in severity of man’s unworthy imposition

That once and for all the burden is lifted

That pounded soul of man unceasingly

Relief enabled by compassion that by grace lives

Jesus, the Messiah in glorious triumph did set man free-

 

The Angels did sing a song of joy

Proclaiming the adoration most generous

When the King of Kings, set to seat in glorious majesty

By the right hand side of the throne designated to glorify

Did overcome death, who in Holiness descended to the depths, rising to the heights in glory and beauty

Preaching a showering message of love in hope

That in love, relief enabled, floods creation

Jehovah be praised-

 

Thou, O son of David

The Lord's beloved are king enthroned forever

Generations unending shall glorify you

That in the Son most glorious in rulership

The Father is glorified

The heavens attest thy glorious majesty

The very depths of the deepest darkness fall at the knee

When the Lord is magnified in the Lord

Jehovah is glorified in the name above all names

When the saints with a pure heart did pray

In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ

When they did proclaim

Gloria i excelsis Deus-

 

Time is meaningless before the glory magnified

That fills Creation’s bowels

From generation to generation

From the beginning to the end when it begins again

When worlds are undone and the end births renewal

Thy holy name in praise shall arise

Like the rising sun of a new day-

 

Humbled, nations give praise to Jehovah,

He who is jealous in his grace

His glory He will not give to another

Jehovah has ordained praise

From the mountaintops to the depths of the deepest

Holy is thy name raised in glorious praise

Compassionate and merciful Father who reigns

In power, might and glory

You fill willing hearts of men and Angels

With vibrant joy that resonates

And all of creation exults in ecstatic adoration-

 

The multitudes have gathered in holy assembly

They bring true offerings of true worship

Of that triumphal joy that elevates

Ressurecting dead souls in joyous praise.

To thy Holy Temples

Built on grand assurance of grace

Divine utterance that established assurity undeniable

Irrevocable in fulfillment is thy word in its truth.

In truth and simplicity

Of joyous hearts come to give testimony of divine grace

Offering in joy ancient praise ordained from before time-

 

Jehovah is adorned in the praise of ye little ones

Who fill these grand cathedrals

Artefact of Heaven’s glorious inheritance on earth

Filling the Lord’s storehouse

With treasures beyond compare

When true hearts render in purity praise deserving

The mighty of the Alpha and Omega

He before whom the very heavens scroll

Yielding to permeating brilliance

Presence of his incomparable beauty

In glory Jehovah be praised-

 

Thy grace sustaineth who enables

Thy assurance is worthy guarantee

Held in worthy trust by joyous obedient

When you gave the word

Obedience was instantaneous

As multitudes proclaimed given truth in power-

 

Thy grace is enough

You who in response showered blessings

Upon thy earthly inheritance

You filled the earth with prosperity

You set alight with thy Holy Spirit

Minds that like wick waited for the fire

That cometh from thy presence to set ablaze true knowledge

Sent forth in fulfillment of divine assurance

That in fulfillment redeemeth

Minds lighted in holy delight

They marched forth

Going forth to deliver a message set ablaze

Divine light of the Adonai

To darkest outposts of heathenish revelry

Giving hope expression in faith redeemed-

 

When the light of truth brought revelation

To the people who dwelt in darkness

Great was the responsorial chant of gratitude

That in being given expression adorned

Exalted throne of Holiest of Holies

When exuberant joy of salvation lighted

With glinting joy of souls newly redeemed by grace

Gave primordial expression of genuine praise-

 

Holy Angels proclaimed laudable praise of Messianic grace

When Messianic Lord Jesus did look upon his toil

In fruition bearing worthy harvest

Our Lord did smile again-

 

We who heard your knock

On knobbly doors of our hardened hearts

We awoke from restless midnight stupor of lifeless sleep

Damnation’s strangle hold unloosened

On benign gentle touch of grace manifest

We opened unto you, O Lord, when you did come

We opened unto you with certain assurance

That Calvary's groans have yielded a harvest of grace

Those mighty drops of Holy Blood in seeding this earth

For eternity have borne forth worthy fruition

We in exaltation of this great compassion

Burst forth in thanksgiving-

 

We praise thee Jehovah, Lord God Almighty

With simplicity of childlike faith

We adorned thy temples of grace

Of holy sanctuary established upon assured rocky foundation

These very stone that proud builders rejected

Hath become unwavering bulwark of unyielding redemption

Against which nothing prevails

In our hearts, where ancient foundation stone is laid

When we, humanity in praise

Did magnificent house of Jehovah

Adorn in praise-

 

Our God is a merciful Father

Who forgives sins

Who does not remember our sins

For by worthy blood most pure

He wiped these accretions of guilt away

Holding not our iniquity against us

He who sent forth grace out of compassion

Our leaden tremulous hearts

He did not allow steady boat of salvation to sink

He, the Lord, Grand Master of faith

Master Architect who designated

In design most mysterious

Who for mercy’s sake wiped away our sins

When we pleaded our ignorance

In worthy blood most sanctified

When love of divinity's seed

Scattered seeds of triumphal truth

Watered in precious blood

Of gentle lamb of God

Thy toil of love is yielding a harvest of praise

When men did turn with a single mind to receive

His beloved Son as a worthy saviour-

 

The heavens proclaim manifest glory of God

Even earth in manifold expression

Renders acclamatory evidence

In pressing awareness of Creator's mercy

Day after day they pour forth speech;

God is Holy

In purity enabled He enables

Giving in abundant provision inspired knowledge given

That enlightens in its awareness

We give only as much as we being given

In receiving acknowledge in thanksgiving;

These outpourings of glorious exaltation

To fill his presence

When the faithful did give praise-

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