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Text: | I'll lift my voice, O Lord |
Author: | David G. Preston, b. 1939 |
Tune: | HAREWOOD |
Composer: | Samuel Sebastian Wesley, 1810-1876 |
1 I'll lift my voice, O Lord,
to glorify Your name,
for You have lifted me
above defeat and shame;
You heard my cry to heal and save,
and stooped to raise me from the grave.
2 Then to His holy name
let all His saints give priase:
His wrath is brief, His grace
is with us all our days,
for grief and tears may last a night,
but joy will come with morning light.
3 In easy times I'd felt
secure from all life's ills:
Your hand upheld me, Lord,
like Zion's timeless hills;
but with Your smile no longer there
assurance plunged to deep despair.
4 To You, O Lord, I cried:
'What can my death achieve?
From bones among the dust
what praise will You receive?
O Lord, be merciful to me!
Come quickly, help me - hear my plea!'
5 O how I leapt for joy
as grief was put to flight!
My sackcloth You removed
and clothed me with delight,
that You, O Lord, I might adore
and give You thanks for evermore.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | I'll lift my voice, O Lord |
Author: | David G. Preston, b. 1939 |
Meter: | 66 66 88 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2004 |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | God Through the Years: His Faithfulness; Jesus Christ: Healing |
Copyright: | © David Preston / Jubilate Hymns |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | HAREWOOD |
Composer: | Samuel Sebastian Wesley, 1810-1876 |
Meter: | 66 66 88 |
Key: | G Major |