Oh... after all the waiting...
after all the silent years -- behold, He came.

Long we held the ancient promise,
a word we could not touch and could not see;
He had sworn His faithful mercy,
a covenant that heaven vowed to keep.

And He never let the promise fall--
so lift your weary head, and look:

He remembered mercy,
He remembered truth;
every word He swore to Israel
is standing here -- the living proof.

Lift your eyes -- the King appears!
the hope of all our waiting years;
salvation shown for every eye to see,
in open sight of all the world--

now the ends, all the ends of the earth
have seen the salvation of our God!
So lift the sound, let the nations hear:
behold, behold -- the King appears!

He has made it known to strangers,
to the far, the foreign, and the lost;
what the prophets saw in glimpses,
now the whole wide earth is rising to behold.

From the islands to the desert,
every distant shore will see Him now--

He remembered mercy,
He kept His every vow;
all that Israel ached and waited for
is breaking open -- here and now:

Lift your eyes -- the King appears!
the hope of all our waiting years;
salvation shown for every eye to see,
in open sight of all the world--

now the ends, all the ends of the earth
have seen the salvation of our God!
So lift the sound, let the nations hear:
behold, behold -- the King appears!

Make a joyful noise, all the earth!
(Sing! Sing!) lift it higher!
Every tribe and every tongue,
join the everlasting choir!

Make a joyful noise, all the earth--
let the whole creation ring:
the salvation of our God has come,
so sing, sing, sing!

Lift your eyes -- the King appears!
the hope of all our waiting years;
salvation shown for every eye to see,
in open sight of all the world--

now the ends, all the ends of the earth
have seen the salvation of our God!
So lift the sound, let the nations hear:
behold, behold -- the King appears!

The ends of the earth have seen...
behold... the King appears.