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Hallelujah To The Lord
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Oct 30, 2026 updated
Heal Our Land album
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Song Meaning
A prayer for light in the dark sets the pace here: "In the darkness let there be light. In the sorrow let joy arise." PlanetShakers keep the verses short and declarative, asking for the kingdom to fill the earth and for sickness to "bow its knee to Christ our Saviour." Forgiveness and freedom are credited to one place, "His death at calvary."
The chorus is plain and repeatable, with a double "Hallelujah" and a call to "lift Him higher above all things." A third verse lists what grace has done in short strokes: strength in weakness, hope for the poor, chains broken, a life restored. It ends on "There is no one no one like our God."
The bridge borrows the throne-room cry of "Holy Holy is the Lord God Almighty," which ties the song to Revelation 4:8, while the opening plea for light turning to joy sits close to Isaiah 61:3 and the language of rescue in Colossians 1:13. Congregations can sing it easily because nothing in it is complicated.
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[VERSE 1]
In the darkness let there be light.
In the sorrow let joy arise.
As Your kingdom fills the earth.
God our Saviour
giver of new birth.
[VERSE 2]
Let all sickness bow its knee to Christ our Saviour our victory.
By His death at calvary
I’m forgiven I have been set free.
[CHORUS]
Hallelujah to the Lord.
Hallelujah to our God.
Lift Him higher above all things.
Christ our Saviour
King above all Kings.
[VERSE 3]
Strength in weakness.
Hope for the poor.
Chains are broken my life restored.
Grace abounding unending love.
There is no one no one like our God.
[BRIDGE]
Holy Holy is the Lord God Almighty.
Holy Holy is the Lord is the Lord.