Ten thousand times ten thousand, In sparkling raiment bright, The armies of the ransomed saints Throng up the steeps of light ; 'Tis finished â all is finished â Their fight with death and sin ! Fling open wide the golden gates, And let the victors in.
Hallelujah ! Hallelujah to the Lamb who once was slain Hallelujah 1 Hallelujah to Him who lives again !
2. What rush of " Hallelujahs " Fills all the earth and sky ! What ringing of a thousand harps Bespeaks the triumphs nigh ! O day, for which creation And all its tribes were made ! Oh, joy ! for all its former woes A thousandfold repaid !
3. Oh, then what raptured greetings On Canaan's happy shore ! What knitting severed friendships up, Where partings are no more ! Than eyes with joy shall sparkle That brimmed with tears of late ; No longer orphans, fatherless, Nor widows desolate.