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Text:Strengthen for service, Lord, the hands
Author:Ephraim the Syrian, c. 306-373
Translator:Charles W. Humphreys, 1841-1921
Translator:Percy Dearmer
Tune:ACH GOTT UND HERR
Harmonizer:J. S. Bach, 1685-1750

323. Strengthen for service, Lord, the hands

1 Strengthen for service, Lord, the hands
that holy things have taken;
let ears that now have heard thy songs
to clamour never waken.

2 Lord, may the tongues which 'Holy' sang
keep free from all deceiving;
the eyes which saw thy love be bright,
thy blessèd hope perceiving.

3 The feet that tread thy holy courts
from light do thou not banish;
the bodies by thy Body fed
with thy new life replenish.

Text Information
First Line: Strengthen for service, Lord, the hands
Author: Ephraim the Syrian, c. 306-373
Translator: Charles W. Humphreys, 1841-1921
Translator: Percy Dearmer
Meter: 87 87
Language: English
Publication Date: 2000
Scripture: ; ;
Topic: Proper 21: Year B
Copyright: © Oxford University Press, from "The English Hymnal," used by permission
Notes: Now Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: ACH GOTT UND HERR
Harmonizer: J. S. Bach, 1685-1750
Meter: 87 87
Key: B♭ Major
Source: Neu-Lepziger Gesangbuch, 1682



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