Stanza 1. Ride on, ride on in majesty!
Hear all the tribes hosanna cry;
O Savior meek, pursue Your road
with palms and scattered garments strowed.

Stanza 2. Ride on, ride on in majesty!
In lowly pomp ride on to die.
O Christ, Your triumphs now begin
o’er captive death and conquered sin.

Stanza 3. Ride on, ride on in majesty!
The host of angels in the sky
look down with sad and wond’ring eyes
to see th’approaching Sacrifice.

Stanza 4. Ride on, ride on in majesty!
Your last and fiercest strife is nigh.
The Father on His sapphire throne
awaits His own anointed Son.

Stanza 5. Ride on, ride on in majesty!
In lowly pomp ride on to die,
bow Your meek head to mortal pain,
then take, O Christ, Your pow’r and reign.

Ride on! ride on in majesty!
by Henry Hart Milman (1827)

Key Bible verses for “Ride on, ride on in majesty!” (Palm Sunday hymn):

• Matthew 21:1-11 (core: triumphal entry, donkey, palms, cloaks, “Hosanna!”)
• Zechariah 9:9 (prophecy: king coming humble on a donkey)
• John 12:12-19 (palms, “Hosanna!”, king on donkey colt)
• Mark 11:1-11 and Luke 19:28-40 (parallels: hosannas, cloaks)

Additional echoes:

• Psalm 118:25-26 (“Hosanna… Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!”)
• Isaiah 53 / Hebrews 12:2 (meek sacrifice, approaching death)
• Colossians 2:15 (triumph over sin/death)
• Angels watching → cf. 1 Peter 1:10-12

Core: Jesus’ triumphal entry (Matthew 21 etc.), humble king to sacrifice and reign.