Hymns and Devotions for Daily Worship ‎#99

99. Psalm 121

1. To Heav'n our longing eyes we raise,
Where God in matchless glory reigns;
He, from His mercy-seat, surveys
The creatures whom His power sustains.

2. O let no anxious doubts alarm;
Though throned in Heav'n, His help is nigh:
No weariness unnerves his arm,
No slumber seals his watchful eye.

3. He suffers not his flock to stray,
But guides them by his gospel's light;
Shades them from scorching suns by day,
Shields them from perils of the night.

4. He is our Father and our King,
Maker and Sov'reign, Lord of all;
Secure beneath His shelt'ring wing,
No evil can His saints befall.

Text Information

• First Line: To Heav'n our longing eyes we raise
• Title: Psalm 121
• Paraphraser: Harriet Auber (1829)
• Meter: 8.8.8.8
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2024
• Scripture:
  Psalm 121
• Topic: Lent
• Notes: Versified by British poet Harriet Auber, from Spirit of the Psalms (1829), alt.

Tune Information

• Name: PROSPECT
• Arranger: David N. Johnson (1968)
• Meter: 8.8.8.8
• Incipit: 56116 21321 6
• Key: F Major or modal
• Source: Southern Harmony, New Haven, 1835, ed. William Walker
• Copyright: Arr. ©1968 Augsburg Fortress.
• Notes: Tune PROSPECT from William Walker’s Southern Harmony (1835), arr. by David N. Johnson, from Twelve Folksongs and Spirituals (1968).