The Book of Praise ‎#197

197. Forty days and forty nights

1 Forty days and forty nights
thou wast fasting in the wild;
forty days and forty nights
tempted, and yet undefiled:

2 Should not we thy sorrow share
and from worldly joys abstain,
fasting with unceasing prayer,
strong with thee to suffer pain?

3 Then if Satan on us press,
Jesus, Saviour, hear our call!
Victor in the wilderness,
grant we may not faint nor fall!

4 So shall we have peace divine;
holier gladness ours shall be;
round us, too, shall angels shine,
such as ministered to thee.

5 Keep, oh keep us, Saviour dear,
ever constant by thy side;
that with thee we may appear
at the eternal Eastertide.

Text Information

• First Line: Forty days and forty nights
• Title: Forty days and forty nights
• Author (attributed to): George Hunt Smyttan 1822-1870
• Meter: 7 7 7 7
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1997
• Scripture:
  Matthew 4:1-11
• Topic: Church Year: Lent; Gladness / Happiness; Jesus Christ: Temptation of; Peace; Prayer / Prayers / Poems
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: AUS DER TIEFE
• Composer (attributed to): Martin Herbst 1654-1681
• Harmonizer: Willliam Henry Monk, 1823-1889
• Meter: 7 7 7 7
• Key: d minor or modal
• Copyright: Public Domain