Church Book ‎#581

581. Hear what God the Lord hath spoken

1 Hear what God the Lord hath spoken:
O my people, faint and few,
Comfortless, afflicted, broken,
Fair abodes I build for you.
Thorns of heartfelt tribulation,
Shall no more perplex your ways:
You shall name your walls salvation,
And your gates shall all be praise.

2 There, like streams that feed the garden,
Pleasures without end shall flow;
For the Lord, your faith rewarding,
All His bounty shall bestow.
Still in undisturbed possession,
Peace and righteousness shall reign:
Never shall you feel oppression,
Hear the voice of war again.

3 Ye no more your suns descending,
Waning moons no more shall see;
But, your griefs for ever ended,
Find eternal noon in Me.
God shall rise, and shining o'er you,
Change to day the gloom of night;
He, the Lord, shall be your Glory,
God your everlasting Light.

Text Information

• First Line: Hear what God the Lord hath spoken
• Author: William Cowper (1779)
• Meter: 8, 7.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1890
• Topic: Death and Eternity: Heaven; Easter Season, Fourth Sunday; Twenty Sixth Sunday after Trinity
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Alternate tune: #251

Tune Information

• Name: WELT ADE, ICH BIN DEIN MÜDE
• Meter: 8, 7.
• Key: F Major
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Composer from index: J. Rosenmüller