When in our music God is glorified, And adoration leaves no room for pride, It is as though the whole creation cried: Alleluia! How oft, in making music, we have found A new dimension in the world of sound As worship moved us to a more profound Alleluia! So has the Church, in liturgy and song, In faith and love, through centuries of wrong, Borne witness to the truth in ev'ry tongue: Alleluia! And did not Jesus sing a psalm that night When utmost evil strove against the light? Then let us sing, for whom he won the fight: Alleluia! Let ev'ry instrument be tuned for praise; Let all rejoice who have a voice to raise, And may God give us faith to sing always: Alleluia!