Common Praise ‎#95

95. Forty days and forty nights

1 Forty days and forty nights
thou wast fasting in the wild;
forty days and forty nights
tempted, and yet undefiled:

2 Sunbeams scorching all the day;
chilly dew-drops nightly shed;
prowling beasts about thy way;
stones thy pillow, earth thy bed.

3 Shall not we thy sorrows share,
and from earthly joys abstain,
fasting with unceasing prayer,
glad with thee to suffer pain?

4 And if Satan, vexing sore,
flesh or spirit should assail,
thou, his vanquisher before,
grant we may not faint nor fail.

5 So shall we have peace divine;
holier gladness ours shall be;
round us too shall angels shine,
such as ministered to thee.

6 Keep, O keep us, Saviour dear,
ever constant by thy side;
that with thee we may appear
at the eternal Eastertide.

Text Information

• First Line: Forty days and forty nights
• Author: G. H. Smyttan, 1822-1870
• Author: Francis Pott, 1832-1909
• Meter: 77 77
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2000
• Scripture:
  1 Thessalonians 5:17
  ;
  Hebrews 4:15
  ;
  Luke 4:1-13
  ;
  Mark 1:12-13
  ;
  Matthew 4:1-11
  ;
  Matthew 6:16-18
• Topic: Lent; Ash Wednesday; Lent I: Year A; Lent I: Year B; Lent I: Year C

Tune Information

• Name: AUS DER TIEFE (HEINLEIN)
• Composer (attributed to): M. Herbst, 1654-1681
• Meter: 77 77
• Key: d minor
• Source: 'M. H.' in Nürnbergisches Gesangbuch, 1676