The poem is a passionate and triumphant celebration of the excellence of Jesus Christ’s name, proclaimed as supreme and exalted above all others across the earth. Through life’s trials—wars, tribulations, and challenges—and its joys and blessings, His name remains a constant source of beauty, salvation, and endless benefits. The repeated refrain, “How excellent is the name of Jesus Christ in all the earth,” echoes Psalm 8:1, “O Lord, our Lord, how excellent is your name in all the earth!” The poem calls for ceaseless, victorious rejoicing in His divine greatness, emphasizing His unmatched status and the eternal inheritance He offers as the “royal heir,” uniting it in a powerful declaration of faith and adoration.
How excellent is the name
of Jesus Christ our Lord in
all the earth. Through wars,
through tribulations, through
joys, through challenges, through
blessings, how excellent is the
name of Jesus Christ, our Lord
in all the earth! There is no name
that is higher, greater, or more exalted.
May we ceaselessly and victoriously
rejoice! For the beauty of Jesus Christ,
His excellence, His salvation, and His benefits
can never, no ever end for the royal heir!
O how excellent is the name of
Jesus Christ in all the earth!