New English Praise ‎#617

617. Another year completed

1 Another year completed,
The day comes round once more
Which with our patron’s radiance
Is bright as heretofore.
Now, strong in hope, united
His festival we greet;
He will present our troubles
Before the mercy-seat.

2 The Scriptures tell how Moses
Did for the people pray,
Appeased the Judge eternal,
And turned his wrath away;
Elijah’s prayer had power,
To close and open heaven;
Such Saints as were aforetime,
Such Saints to us are given.

3 O saint of God, belovèd,
And placed on his right hand,
Thy prayers be like a rampart
As ’gainst the foe we stand;
For Abraham’s God is thy God,
And Isaac’s God is thine,
Thine is the God of Jacob,
The Lord of power benign.

4 For forty years his Israel
He fed with Angels’ food;
The flinty rock he opened
The streams of water flowed.
Entreat that Christ his people
May lead to victory:
The God of Joshua’s triumph
The Lord thy God is he.

Text Information

• First Line: Another year completed
• Latin Title: Ecce dies nobis
• Translator: Athelstan Riley, 1858-1945
• Author: Paulinus of Nola, 353-431
• Meter: 76 76 D
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2006
• Topic: The Christian Year: Holy Days: General
• Copyright: © Oxford University Press
• Notes: Now Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: TEWKESBURY ABBEY
• Composer: Michael Tavinor, b. 1953
• Meter: 76 76 D
• Key: G Major
• Copyright: © The English Hymnal Company Ltd