The Book of Praise ‎#26

26. As pants the hart

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:
oh when shall I behold thy face,
thou majesty divine?

3 Why restless, why cast down, my soul?
Trust God, who will employ
sure aid for thee, and change these sighs
to thankful hymns of joy.

4 God of my strength, how long shall I,
like one forgotten, mourn,
forlorn, forsaken and exposed
to my oppressor's scorn?

5 Why restless, why cast down, my soul?
Hope still, and thou shalt sing
praise to thy God, the living God,
thy health's eternal spring.

Text Information

• First Line: As pants the hart for cooling streams
• Title: As pants the hart
• Meter: 8 6 8 6 CM
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1997
• Scripture:
  Psalm 42:1-2
  ;
  Psalm 42:5
  ;
  Psalm 42:9
  ;
  Psalm 42:11
  ;
  1 Peter 3:18-20
• Topic: Discouragement / Despair; Grace; Healing / Health; Hope; Lament; Longing for God and Christ; Metrical Psalms; Thirst; Trust
• Source: Paraphrase, Tate and Brady's New Version, 1696, alt.
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: MARTYRDOM
• Composer: Hugh Wilson, 1766-1824
• Meter: 8 6 8 6 CM
• Key: G Major
• Copyright: Public Domain