Hymns to the Living God ‎#94

94. Comfort, Comfort Ye My People

1 Comfort, comfort ye My people,
speak ye peace, thus saith our God;
comfort those who sit in darkness
mourning 'neath their sorrow's load.
Speak ye to Jerusalem
of the peace that waits for them!
Tell her that her sins I cover,
and her warfare now is over.

2 Yea, her sins our God will pardon,
blotting out each dark misdeed;
all that well deserved His anger
He no more will see nor heed.
She hath suffered many a day,
now her griefs have passed away;
God will change her pining sadness
into ever springing gladness.

3 For Elijah's voice is crying
in the desert far and near,
bidding all men to repentance,
since the kingdom now is here.
O that warning cry obey,
now prepare for God a way;
let the valleys rise to meet Him,
and the hills bow down to greet Him.

4 Make ye straight what long was crooked,
make the rougher places plain,
let your hearts be true and humble,
as befits His holy reign;
for the glory of the LORD
now o'er earth is shed abroad,
and all flesh shall see the token
that His Word is never broken.

Text Information

• First Line: Comfort, comfort ye My people
• Title: Comfort, Comfort Ye My People
• Author: Johann Olearius
• Translator: Catherine Winkworth (1863)
• Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.8
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2017
• Topic: Jesus Christ: Advent

Tune Information

• Name: GENEVAN 42
• Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.8
• Key: F Major
• Source: Genevan Psalter, 1551