Hymns and Devotions for Daily Worship ‎#97

97. Yigdal

1. Praise to the living God!
All praise be to his Name,
Who was, and is, and is to be,
Always the same!
The One Eternal God
Before what now appears:
The First, the Last, beyond all tho't
His timeless years!

2. Formless, all lovely forms
Declare his loveliness;
Holy, no holiness of earth
Can his express.
Lo, he is Lord of all!
Creation speaks his praise,
And everywhere, above, below,
His will obeys.

3. His Spirit floweth free,
High surging where it will:
In prophet's word he spoke of old,
He speaketh still.
Established is his law,
And changeless it shall stand,
Deep writ upon the human heart,
On sea, on land.

4. He knoweth every thought,
Our secrets open lie.
End as beginning clear to his
All-seeing eye.
With perfect poise he binds,
Accordant to the sense,
To wrong the doom, to right the joy,
In recompense.

5. Eternal life hath he
Implanted in the soul;
His love shall be our strength and stay
While ages roll.
Praise to the living God!
All praise be to his name,
Who was, and is, and is to be,
Always the same.

Text Information

• First Line: The God of Abr'am praise!
• Title: Yigdal
• Hebrew Title: Yigdal
• Author (stanza 1): Thomas Olives (1770)
• Author: Newton Mann (1885)
• Adapter: William Channing Gannett (1911)
• Meter: 6.6.8.4 D
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2024
• Scripture:
  Genesis 15:1
• Topic: Lent
• Notes: Hebrew creeds, 12th cen., first phrase by Thomas Olivers (1770), else vers. by Newton Mann for Ritual of Jewish Worship (1885), rev. by William Channing Gannett for Unity Hymns and Chorals (1911), alt.

Tune Information

• Name: LEONI
• Meter: 6.6.8.4 D
• Incipit: 51234 5
• Key: e minor or modal
• Source: arr. Union Hymnal for Jewish Worship, 1914
• Notes: Tune Leoni, Hebrew melody, arr. as in Union Hymnal for Jewish Worship (1914).