Ancient and Modern ‎#591

591. As pants the hart for cooling streams

1 As pants the hart for cooling streams
when heated in the chase,
so longs my soul, O God, for thee,
and thy refreshing grace.

2 For thee, my God, the living God,
my thirsty soul doth pine:
O when shall I behold thy face,
thou majesty divine?

3 Why restless, why cast down, my soul?
Hope still, and thou shalt sing
the praise of him who is thy God,
thy health's eternal spring.

4 To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
the God whom we adore,
be glory, as it was, is now,
and shall be evermore.

Text Information

• First Line: As pants the hart for cooling streams
• Author: Nahum Tate (1652-1715)
• Author: Nicholas Brady (1659-1726)
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2013
• Scripture:
  Psalm 42
• Topic: Hope; Longing; Water
• Source: A New Version of the Psalms of David, 1696

Tune Information

• Name: MARTYRDOM
• Composer: Hugh Wilson (1766-1824)
• Adapter: Robert Archibald Smith (1780-1829)
• Meter: CM
• Key: A♭ Major
• Source: Sacred Harmony, 1825
• Notes: A version in a lower key is found at 744i.