1 Lord, you have been our dwelling-place
in every generation;
your people have received your grace,
and blessed your consolation;
through every age you heard our cry;
through every age we found you nigh,
our strength and our salvation.
2 Persisting sins we long have wept,
your patience long have tested;
but steadfast faith in you we kept,
still to your name devoted:
for you have kept and loved us well,
and granted us in you to dwell,
from your love never parted.
3 Lord, nothing from your arms so sure
shall your own people sever;
our helper ever will endure,
God's love will fail us never.
Your people, Lord, have dwelt in you;
and you remain our dwelling true
for ever and for ever.
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First Line: | Lord, you have been our dwelling-place |
Author: | Thomas Hornblower Gill, 1819-1906 (alt.) |
Meter: | 87.87.887 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1999 |
Scripture: | ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; |
Topic: | Adversity; Ancestors; Anniversary of a Church(12 more...) |
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Name: | LUTHER |
Meter: | 87.87.887 |
Key: | G Major |
Source: | Adapted from a chorale in Klug's 'Geistliche Lieder', Wittenberg, 1535 |