Trinity Psalter Hymnal ‎#255

255. Day by Day and with Each Passing Moment

1 Day by day and with each passing moment,
strength I find to meet my trials here;
trusting in my Father’s wise bestowment,
I’ve no cause for worry or for fear.
He whose heart is kind beyond all measure
gives unto each day what he deems best--
lovingly, its part of pain and pleasure,
mingling toil with peace and rest.

2 Ev'ry day the Lord himself is near me
with a special mercy for each hour;
all my cares he fain would bear, and cheer me,
he whose name is Counselor and Pow'r.
The protection of his child and treasure
is a charge that on himself he laid;
“As your days, your strength shall be in measure,”
this the pledge to me he made.

3 Help me then in ev'ry tribulation
so to trust your promises, O Lord,
that I lose not faith’s sweet consolation
offered me within your holy Word.
Help me, Lord, when toil and trouble meeting,
e'er to take, as from a father’s hand,
one by one, the days, the moments fleeting,
'til I reach the promised land.

Text Information

• First Line: Day by day and with each passing moment
• Title: Day by Day and with Each Passing Moment
• Author: Carolina V. Sandell Berg (1865)
• Translator: A. L. Skoog (1931, mod.)
• Meter: Irreg.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2018
• Scripture:
  Deuteronomy 33:25
• Topic: Protection; Providence; Tribulation and Suffering; Waiting upon God

Tune Information

• Name: BLOTT EN DAG
• Composer: Oscar Ahnfelt (1872, alt. 1990)
• Meter: Irreg.
• Key: D Major