Glory to God ‎#799

799. I Love the Lord, Who Heard My Cry

1 I love the Lord, who heard my cry
and pitied every groan.
Long as I live and troubles rise,
I’ll hasten to God’s throne.

2 I love the Lord, who heard my cry
and chased my grief away.
O let my heart no more despair
while I have breath to pray.

Text Information

• First Line: I love the Lord, who heard my cry
• Title: I Love the Lord, Who Heard My Cry
• Author: Isaac Watts (1719, alt.)
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2013
• Scripture:
  Psalm 116
  ;
  Hebrews 4:16
• Topic: Healing; Lament; Love for God

Tune Information

• Name: I LOVE THE LORD
• Arranger: Richard Smallwood (1975)
• Meter: CM
• Key: D Major
• Source: African American spiritual
• Copyright: Arr. © 1975 Richard Smallwood

Text Information:

This setting of stanzas from a metrical psalm draws on an African American singing tradition marked by a slow pace and individual improvisation. Vestiges of that practice appear here in the pattern of extended syllables occurring at regular intervals without regard to meaning.