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I Love Thy Kingdom, Lord
Author: Timothy Dwight Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 1,323 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 137:5 Lyrics: 1 I love thy kingdom, Lord,
the house of thine abode,
the church our blest Redeemer
saved with his own precious blood.
2 I love thy church, O God;
her walls before thee stand,
dear as the apple of thine eye,
and graven on thy hand.
3 For her my tears shall fall,
for her my prayers ascend;
to her my cares and toils be given,
till toils and cares shall end.
4 Beyond my highest joy
I prize her heavenly ways,
her sweet communion, solemn vows,
her hymns of love and praise.
5 Sure as thy truth shall last,
to Zion shall be given
the brightest glories earth can yield,
and brighter bliss of heaven.
Topics: Church Militant Used With Tune: ST. THOMAS
I Love Thy Kingdom, Lord
By the Babylonian Rivers
Author: Ewald Bash Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 25 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 137 Used With Tune: KAS DZIEDAJA
By the Babylonian Rivers
By the Waters
Appears in 18 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 137:1 First Line: By the waters, the waters of Babylon Lyrics: [1] By the waters, the waters of Babylon,
[2] we sat down and wept, and wept for you, Zion.
[3] We remember you, remember you, remember you, Zion. Topics: Gathering Songs of Confession and Lament; Gathering Songs Songs of Confession and Lament Used With Tune: [By the waters, the waters of Babylon]
By the Waters
When we, our weary'd Limbs to rest
Appears in 92 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 137 Lyrics: 1 When we, our weary'd Limbs to rest,
Sat down by proud Euphrates Stream,
We wept, with doleful Thoughts opprest,
And Sion was our mournful Theme.
2 Our Harps, that when with Joy we sung
Were wont their tuneful Parts to bear,
With silent Strings neglected hung
On Willow-tress that wither'd there.
3 Mean while our Foes, who all conspir'd
To triumph in our slavish Wrongs,
Musick and Mirth of us requir'd,
"Come, sing us one of Sion's Songs."
4 How shall we tun our Voice to sing?
Or touch our Harps with skilful Hands?
Shall Hymns of Joy to God our King
Be sung by Slaves in foreign lands?
5 O Salem, our once happy Seat!
When I of thee forgetful prove,
Let then my trembling Hand forget
The speaking Strings with Art to move!
6 If I to mention thee forbear,
Eternal Silence seize my tongue;
Or if I sing one chearful Air,
'Till thy Deliv'rance is my Song!
7 Remember, Lord, how Edom's Race,
In thy own city's fatal Day,
Cry'd out, "Her stately Wills deface,
"And with the Ground quite level lay."
8 Proud Babel's Daughter, doom'd to be
Of Grief and Woe the wretched Prey,
Bless'd is the Man, who shall to thee
The Wrongs thou laid'st on us, repay.
9 Thrice bless'd, who with just Rage possest,
And deaf to all the Parents Moans,
Shall snatch thy Infants from the Breast,
And dash their Heads against the Stones.
When we, our weary'd Limbs to rest
The Babylonian Captivity
Appears in 65 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 137 First Line: Along the banks where Babel's current flows Lyrics: 1 Along the banks where Babel's current flows,
Our captive bands in deep despondence stray'd,
While Zion's fall in sad remembrance rose,
Her friends, her children, mingled with the dead.
2 The tuneless harp, that once with joy we strung,
When praise employ'd and mirth inspir'd the lay,
In mournful silence on the willows hung;
And growing grief prolong'd the tedious day.
3 The barbarous tyrants, to increase the woe,
With taunting smiles a song of Zion claim;
Bid sacred praise in strains melodious flow,
While they blaspheme the great Jehovah's name.
4 But how, in heathen chains and lands unknown,
Shall Israel's sons, a song of Zion raise?
O hapless Salem, GOD's terrestrial throne,
Thou land of glory sacred mount of praise.
5 If e'er my memory lose thy lovely name,
If my cold heart neglect my kindred race,
Let dire destruction sieze this guilty frame;
My hand shall perish and my voice shall cease.
6 Yet shall the Lord, who hears when Zion calls,
O'ertake her foes with terror and dismay,
His arm avenge her desolated walls,
And raise her children to eternal day.
The Babylonian Captivity
Far from my heavenly home
Author: Henry F. Lyte Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 146 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 137 Topics: Christian Experience Aspiration; Heaven Anticipated; Israel In Exile Used With Tune: LYTE
Far from my heavenly home
Psalm 137: By Babel's streams we sat and wept
Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 10 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 137 First Line: By Babel's streams we sat and wept Lyrics:
1By Babel’s streams we sat and wept,
when Sion we thought on.
2In midst thereof we hang’d our harps
the willow-trees upon.
3For there a song required they,
who did us captive bring:
Our spoilers call’d for mirth, and said,
A song of Sion sing.
4O how the Lord’s song shall we sing
within a foreign land?
5If thee, Jerus’lem, I forget,
skill part from my right hand.
6My tongue to my mouth’s roof let cleave,
if I do thee forget,
Jerusalem, and thee above
my chief joy do not set.
7Remember Edom’s children, Lord,
who in Jerus’lems day,
Ev’n unto its foundation,
Raze, raze it quite, did say.
8O daughter thou of Babylon,
near to destruction;
Bless’d shall he be that thee rewards,
as thou to us hast done.
9Yea, happy surely shall he be
thy tender little ones
Who shall lay hold upon, and them
shall dash against the stones.
Psalm 137: By Babel's streams we sat and wept
Your harps, ye trembling saints
Author: A. M. Toplady Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 355 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 137:1-2 Topics: The Christian Life Courage and Cheer Used With Tune: BUCER
Your harps, ye trembling saints
O What Their Joy and Their Glory Must Be
Author: Peter Abelard; J. M. Neale Meter: 11.10.11.10 Appears in 137 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 137:1 Lyrics: 1 O what their joy and their glory must be,
those endless Sabbaths the blessèd ones see!
Crown for the valiant, to weary ones rest:
God shall be all, and in all ever blest.
2 Truly Jerusalem name we that shore:
"Vision of peace" that brings joy evermore!
Wish and fulfillment can severed be ne'er,
nor the thing prayed for come short of the prayer.
3 We, where no troubles distraction can bring,
safely the anthems of Zion shall sing;
while for thy grace, Lord, their voices of praise
thy blessèd people evermore raise.
4 Now, in the meantime, with hearts raised on high,
we for that country must yearn and must sigh,
seeking Jerusalem, dear native land,
through our long exile on Babylon's strand.
5 Low before him with our praises we fall,
of whom, and in whom, and through whom are all:
of whom, the Father, and through whom, the Son,
in whom, the Spirit, with these ever One.
Topics: Funerals Used With Tune: O QUANTA QUALIA Text Sources: O quanta qualia; 12th century
O What Their Joy and Their Glory Must Be
Come and Fill
Author: Taize Community Appears in 20 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 137 First Line: Confitemini Domino (Come and fill our hearts with your peace) Used With Tune: [Confitemine Domino]
Come and Fill
My Soul in Stillness Waits
Author: Marty Haugen, b. 1950 Appears in 15 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 137 First Line: O Lord of Light, our only hope of glory Refrain First Line: For you, O Lord, my soul in stillness waits Topics: Seasons and Feasts Advent; Second Coming; Thirst Used With Tune: [O Lord of Light, our only hope of glory] Text Sources: "O" Antiphons
My Soul in Stillness Waits
Memories of Zion
Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 8 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 137 First Line: By Babel's streams we sat and wept Lyrics: 1 By Babel's streams we sat and wept,
For mem'ry still to Zion clung;
The winds alone our harp-strings swept,
That on the drooping willows hung.
2 There our rude captors, flushed with pride,
A song required to mock our wrongs;
Our spoilers called for mirth, and cried,
Come, song us one of Zion's songs.
3 Not songs but sighs to us belong
When Zion's walls in ruin lie;
How shall we sing Jehovah's song
While in an alien land we die?
4 O Zion fair, God's holy hill,
Wherein our God delights to dwell,
Let my right hand forget her skill
If I forget to love thee well.
5 If I do not remember thee,
Then let my tongue from utterance cease,
If any earthly joy to me
Be dear as Zion's joy and peace.
6 Remember, Lord, the dreadful day
Of Zion's cruel overthrow;
How happy he who shall repay
The bitter hatred of her foe. Topics: Afflictions Complaint of; Aspirations For Church Priveleges; Church Afflicted; Church Beloved of Saints; House of God Longed for and Loved; Prayer Complaint in; Retribution Threatened; The Wicked Prayers for Punishment of; The Wicked Separation from Used With Tune: OLIVE'S BROW
Memories of Zion
By the Waters of Babylon
Appears in 7 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 137:1-4 Topics: Lent; Freedom; Suffering Used With Tune: [By the waters of Babylon]
By the Waters of Babylon
By the rivers of Babylon
Appears in 5 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 137 Topics: Prose Psalms Used With Tune: TONUS PARISIANUS
By the rivers of Babylon
Que se me pegue la lengua al paladar (Let my tongee be silenced)
Appears in 4 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 137 Topics: Fourth Sunday of Lent B; Cuarto Domingo de Cuaresma B Used With Tune: [Que se me pegue la lengua al paladar]
Que se me pegue la lengua al paladar (Let my tongee be silenced)
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
Meter: 8.8.8.8 with refrain Appears in 509 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 137:1-5 Refrain First Line: Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel Lyrics: 1 O come, O come, Emmanuel,
and ransom captive Israel,
that mourns in lonely exile here
until the Son of God appear.
Refrain:
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
shall come to thee, O Israel.
2 O come, thou Wisdom from on high,
who orderest all things mightily:
to us the path of knowledge show;
and teach us in her ways to go. [Refrain]
3 O come, O come, thou Lord of might,
who to thy tribes on Sinai’s height
in ancient times didst give the law
in cloud and majesty and awe. [Refrain]
4 O come, thou Root of Jesse, free
thine own from Satan’s tyranny;
from depths of hell thy people save
and give them victory o’er the grave. [Refrain]
5 O come, thou Key of David, come,
and open wide our heavenly home;
make safe the way that leads on high,
and close the path to misery. [Refrain]
6 O come, thou Dayspring, come and cheer
our spirits by thine advent here;
disperse the gloomy clouds of night,
and death’s dark shadows put to flight. [Refrain]
7 O come, Desire of nations, bind
all peoples in one heart and mind;
bid envy, strife, and discord cease;
fill the whole world with heaven’s peace. [Refrain]
Topics: Comfort; God's Covenant with Israel; Jesus Christ Advent; World Peace; Prayer; Unity Used With Tune: VENI EMMANUEL Text Sources: Latin prose, pre-9th cent.; Trans. composite
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
Alleluia, Song of Gladness
Author: John Mason Neale, 1818-66 Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Appears in 94 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 137:1-6 Lyrics: 1 Alleluia, song of gladness,
Voice of joy that cannot die;
Alleluia is the anthem
Ever raised by choirs on high;
In the house of God abiding
Thus they sing eternally.
2 Alleluia, thou resoundest,
True Jerusalem and free;
Alleluia, joyful mother,
All thy children sing with thee,
But by Babylon's sad waters
Mourning exiles now are we.
3 Alleluia cannot always
Be our song while here below;
Alleluia, our transgressions
Make us for a while for-go;
For the solemn time is coming
When our tears for sin must flow.
4 Therefore in our hymns we pray Thee,
Grant us, blessed Trinity,
At the last to keep Thine Easter
With Thy faithful saints on high;
There to Thee for ever singing
Alleluia joyfully.
Used With Tune: LAUDA ANIMA Text Sources: Latin, c. 11th cent.
Alleluia, Song of Gladness
Ancient Israel
Author: James Joyce Appears in 87 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 137:1 First Line: Why on the bending willows hung Lyrics: 1 Why on the bending willows hung,
Israel! still sleeps thy tuneful string?--
Still mute remains thy sullen tongue,
And Zion's song denies to sing?
2 Awake! thy sweetest raptures raise;
Let harp and voice unite their strains:
Thy promised King his sceptre sways:
Jesus, thine own Messiah, reigns!
3 No taunting foes the song require;
No strangers mock thy captive chain;
But friends provoke the silent lyre,
And brethren ask the holy strain.
4 Nor fear thy Salem's hills to wrong,
If other lands thy triumphs share:
A heavenly city claims thy song;
A brighter Salem rises there.
5 By foreign streams no longer roam;
Nor, weeping, think of Jordan's flood:
In every clime behold a home,
In every temple see thy God. Topics: Christ Lion of Judah; Church Missions of; Church Work of Used With Tune: ANVERN
Ancient Israel
Ashes
Author: Tom Conry, b. 1951 Appears in 8 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 137:7 First Line: We rise again from ashes Topics: Conversion; Conversion; Conversion; Rites of the Church Penance (Reconciliation); The Liturgical Year Ash Wednesday; The Liturgical Year Lent (Sundays and Weekdays) Used With Tune: [We rise again from ashes]
Ashes
How Shall I Sing to God?
Author: Brian Wren, b. 1936 Meter: Irregular Appears in 3 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 137 First Line: How shall I sing to God Lyrics: 1 How shall I sing to God when life is filled with gladness,
loving and birth, wonder and worth?
I'll sing from the heart, thankfully receiving, joyful in believing.
This is my song, I'll sing it with love.
2 How shall I sing to God when life is filled with bleakness,
empty and chill, breaking my will?
I'll sing through my pain, angrily or aching, crying or complaining
This is my song, I'll sing it with love.
3 How shall I sing to God and tell my Savior's story:
passover bread, life from the dead?
I'll sing with my life, witnessing and giving, risking and forgiving.
This is my song, I'll sing it with love. Used With Tune: HOPE
How Shall I Sing to God?
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