Hallelujah Chorus (Handel) - 2:14

Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah
Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah

For the Lord God omnipotent reigneth
Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah
For the Lord God omnipotent reigneth
Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah

King of kings and Lord of lords
King of kings and Lord of lords
And He shall reign forever and ever
Forever and ever

Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah
Hallelujah



Interpretation

The uplifiting religious lyrics pose a striking contrast to the anti-creation Directed Panspermia theme of The Serpent Is Rising and the dark images and power-of-nature theme of the poem Krakatoa, for which this classical masterpiece is acting as a coda.The Hallelujah Chorus is perhaps the most recognizeable part of Handel's Messiah. The lyrics are based on the following verses from the Bible:

Hallelujah, for the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth, Hallelujah!
Revelation 19:6

The Kingdom of this world is become the Kingdom of our Lord, and of His Christ; and He shall reign for ever and ever, Hallelujah!
Revelation 11:15

King of Kings, and Lord of Lords, and He shall reign for ever and ever, Hallelujah!
Revelation 19:16