The New English Hymnal ‎#337

337. As pants the hart for cooling streams

1 As pants the hart for cooling streams
When heated in the chase,
So longs my soul, O God, for thee,
And thy refreshing grace.

2 For thee, my God, the living God,
My thirsty soul doth pine:
O when shall I behold thy face,
Thou Majesty Divine!

3 Why restless, why cast down, my soul?
Hope still, and thou shalt sing
The praise of him who is thy God,
Thy health’s eternal spring.

4 To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
The God whom we adore,
Be glory, as it was, is now,
And shall be evermore. Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: As pants the hart for cooling streams
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1986
• Scripture:
  Psalm 42
• Topic: The Christian Year: Lent
• Source: Tate and Brady New Version, 1696

Tune Information

• Name: MARTYRDOM
• Composer: Wilson, 1766-1824
• Meter: CM
• Key: G Major
• Source: Probably of Scottish source; R. A. Smith's Sacred Harmony, 1825