Church Book ‎#172

172. Saviour, when in dust to Thee

1 Saviour, when in dust to Thee
Low we bend the adoring knee;
When repentant, to the skies
Scarce we lift our weeping eyes;
O, by all Thy pains and woe
Suffered once for man below,
Bending from Thy throne on high,
Hear our solemn Litany!

2 By Thy helpless infant years,
By Thy life of want and tears,
By Thy days of deep distress
In the savage wilderness;
By the dread, mysterious hour
Of the insulting tempter's power,
Turn, O turn a favoring eye,
Hear our solemn Litany!

3 By Thine hour of dire despair,
By Thine agony of prayer;
By the cross, the nail, the thorn,
Piercing spear, and torturing scorn;
By the gloom that veiled the skies
O'er the dreadful sacrifice;
Listen to our humble cry,
Hear our solemn Litany!

4 By Thy deep expiring groan;
By the sad sepulchral stone;
By the vault whose dark abode
Held in vain the rising God;
O, from earth to heaven restored,
Mighty, reascended Lord,
Listen, listen to the cry
Of our solemn Litany!

Text Information

• First Line: Saviour, when in dust to Thee
• Author: Sir Robert Grant (1815)
• Meter: 7s.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1890
• Topic: Passion Week
• Notes: Alternate tune: LITANY, Spanish melody (end of hymnal #472c)

Tune Information

• Name: SCHWING DICH AUF ZU DEINEM GOTT
• Meter: 7s.
• Key: D Major