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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.
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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: | Alternate tune: #251 |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | WELT ADE, ICH BIN DEIN MÜDE |
Meter: | 8, 7. |
Key: | F Major |
Notes: | Composer from index: J. Rosenmüller |