The Presbyterian Hymnal ‎#77

77. Forty Days and Forty Nights

1 Forty days and forty nights
You were fasting in the wild;
Forty days and forty nights
Tempted, and yet undefiled.

2 Shall not we Your sorrow share
And from worldly joys abstain,
Fasting with unceasing prayer,
Strong with You to suffer pain?

3 Then if Satan on us press,
Flesh or spirit to assail,
Victor in the wilderness,
Grant we may not faint nor fail!

4 So shall we have peace divine:
Holier gladness ours shall be;
Round us, too, shall angels shine,
Such as served You faithfully.

5 Keep, O keep us, Savior dear,
Ever constant by Your side;
That with You we may appear
At the eternal Eastertide.

Text Information

• First Line: Forty days and forty nights
• Title: Forty Days and Forty Nights
• Author: George Hunt Smyttan (1856; alt.)
• Meter: 7.7.7.7
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1990
• Scripture:
  Matthew 6:1-2
  ;
  Luke 4:1-2

Tune Information

• Name: AUS DER TIEFE RUFE ICH
• Composer (attr. to): Martin Herbst (1676)
• Meter: 7.7.7.7
• Key: d minor