The Cyber Hymnal ‎#781

781. Christ, Enthroned in Highest Heaven

1. Christ, enthroned in highest Heaven,
Hear us crying from the deep,
For the faithful ones departed,
For the souls of all that sleep;
As Thy kneeling Church entreateth,
Hearken, Shepherd of the sheep.

2. King of Glory, hear our voices,
Grant Thy faithful rest, we pray;
We have sinned, and may not bide it,
If Thou mark our steps astray;
Yet we plead the saving Victim,
Which for them we bring today.

3. That which Thou Thyself hast offered
To Thy Father, offer we;
Let it win for them a blessing,
Bless them, Jesu, set them free;
They are Thine, they wait in patience;
Merciful and gracious be.

4. They are Thine, O take them quickly,
Thou their Hope, O raise them high;
Ever hoping, ever trusting,
Unto Thee they strive and cry;
Day and night, both morn and even,
Be, O Christ, their Guardian nigh.

5. Let Thy plenteous loving-kindness,
On them, as we pray, be poured;
Let them through Thy boundless mercy,
From all evil be restored;
Hearken to the voices pleading
Of Thy Church, O gracious Lord.

6. Hear and answer prayers devoutest,
Break, O Lord, each binding chain,
Dash the gates of death asunder,
Quell the devil and his train;
Bring the souls which Thou hast ransomed
Evermore in joy to reign.

Text Information

• First Line: Christ, enthroned in highest Heaven
• Title: Christ, Enthroned in Highest Heaven
• Latin Title: De profundis exclamantes
• Author: Anonymous (16th Century)
• Translator (from Latin): Richard F. Littledale
• Meter: 87.87.87
• Language: English
• Source: Missal of Liége, 1502; Translation in the People's Hymnal, 1867, alt.
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Alternate tune: AD PERENNIS VITAE FONTEM, source unknown, said to be from "the Tours Breviary"

Tune Information

• Name: BRYNTIRION
• Composer (attributed to): H. Roth
• Meter: 87.87.87
• Incipit: 34556 65332 11223
• Key: F Major
• Source: The English Hymnal (London: Oxford University Press, 1906), number 248
• Copyright: Public Domain