Galatians 4:4-7: "4 But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, 5 to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons. 6 And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, 'Abba! Father!' 7 So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God."
1 Peter 1:8: "Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory..."
Psalm 118:15: "Glad songs of salvation are in the tents of the righteous: 'The right hand of the LORD does valiantly...'"
Romans 5:10-12: "10 For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life. 11 More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
"12 Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned..."
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The text is public domain:
Let us all with gladsome voice
Praise the God of heaven,
Who, to bid our hearts rejoice,
His own Son hath given.
To this vale of tears He comes,
Here to serve in sadness,
That with Him in heav'n's fair homes
We may reign in gladness.
We are rich, for He was poor;
Is not this a wonder?
Therefore praise God evermore
Here on earth and yonder.
Christ, our Lord and Savior dear,
Be Thou ever near us.
Grant us now a glad new year.
Amen, Jesus, hear us.
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The first two lines ("Let us all with gladsome voice / Praise the God of heaven") seem to come from both Psalm 118 ("Glad songs of salvation"), and 1 Peter 8 ("rejoic[ing] with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory"). "Who, to bid our hearts rejoice, / His own Son hath given" refers to the Galatians 4 text, specifically "God sent forth his Son... to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons."
The second verse and the beginning of the third have the same idea as the Romans 5 text. Both mention that we are "reconciled" and "may reign in gladness" because of what Christ has done for us.
The second verse and the beginning of the third have the same idea as the Romans 5 text. Both mention that we are "reconciled" and "may reign in gladness" because of what Christ has done for us.
