Text: | Blest Is He Who Cries To Heaven |
Author: | P. C. Paulsen |
Tune: | [Blest is he who cries to heaven] |
Composer: | Joseph P. Holbrook |
1 Blest is he who cries to heaven
In the dark and evil day,
Whose transgressions are forgiven
And whose sins are washed away;
Blest, when God to him imputeth
Not iniquity, nor sin,
When no hidden guile polluteth
Spirit, heart and soul within.
2 Long I kept in silence groaning,
While my bones waxed weak and old;
Long my heart with grief was moaning
And to Thee, O God was cold,
Day and night Thy hand oppressed me,
Moisture turned to summer-drought,
My transgressions sore distressed me,
While in vain I comfort sought.
3 When from Thee no longer hiding
I confessed my sin to Thee,
And, to Thee my grief confiding,
Thou in love forgavest me.
Now my heart is filled with gladness,
Thou surroundest me with grace;
Songs of joy dispel my sadness,
For Thou art my hiding-place.
4 Lord, instruct and teach me ever
In the way that I shall go;
With Thy counsel me deliver
From the cunning of the foe.
For Thy grace and mercy tender,
For Thy Table and Thy Word,
Thanks to heaven I will render
And forever praise Thee, Lord.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Blest is he who cries to heaven |
Title: | Blest Is He Who Cries To Heaven |
Author: | P. C. Paulsen (1926) |
Meter: | 8, 7, 8L. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1928 |
Topic: | Call and Repentance |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | [Blest is he who cries to heaven] |
Composer: | Joseph P. Holbrook |
Meter: | 8,7,8L. |
Key: | C Major |