Church Hymnary (4th ed.) ‎#32

32. As pants the hart for cooling streams

1 As pants the hart for cooling streams
in parched and barren ways,
so longs my soul for you, O God,
and your refreshing grace.

2 For you my God, the living God,
my thirsting soul will pine:
oh, when shall I behold your face,
your majesty divine?

3 God of my strength, my tears have been
by day and night my food;
the mockers taunt continually
and say: 'Where is your God?'

4 Why restless, why cast down, my soul?
Hope still, and you shall sing
the praise of him who is your God,
your health's eternal spring.

Text Information

• First Line: As pants the hart for cooling streams
• Author: Nahum Tate (1652-1715) (alt.)
• Author: Nicholas Brady (1659-1726) (alt.)
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2005
• Scripture:
  Psalm 42:1-5
• Topic: Despair and Trouble; Hope

Tune Information

• Name: MARTYRDOM (FENWICK)
• Composer: Hugh Wilson (1766-1824)
• Adapter: Robert Archibald Smith (1780-1829)
• Meter: CM
• Key: G Major