Trinity Psalter Hymnal ‎#298

298. Comfort, Comfort Ye My People

1 Comfort, comfort ye my people,
speak ye peace, thus saith our God;
comfort those who sit in darkness,
mourning 'neath their sorrow's load.
Speak ye to Jerusalem
of the peace that waits for them;
tell her that her sins I cover,
and her warfare now is over.

2 Yea, her sins our God will pardon,
blotting out each dark misdeed;
all that well deserved his anger
he no more will see or heed.
She hath suffered many a day,
now her griefs have passed away;
God will change her pining sadness
into ever-springing gladness.

3 For the herald's voice is crying
in the desert far and near,
bidding all men to repentance,
since the kingdom now is here.
O that warning cry obey!
Now prepare for God a way;
let the valleys rise to meet him,
and the hills bow down to greet him.

4 Make ye straight what long was crooked,
make the rougher places plain;
let your hearts be true and humble,
as befits his holy reign.
For the glory of the Lord
now o'er earth is shed abroad;
and all flesh shall see the token
that his word is never broken.

Text Information

• First Line: Comfort, comfort ye my people
• Title: Comfort, Comfort Ye My People
• Author: Johannes Olearius (1671)
• Translator: Catherine Winkworth (1863)
• Meter: 8.7.8.7.7.7.8.8.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2018
• Scripture:
  Isaiah 40:1-5
• Topic: Christ: advent of; Christ: As Comforter; Danger of Delay; Gospel: Triumph of; Israel; Jerusalem; Ordination; Peace and Joy; Sin and Forgiveness

Tune Information

• Name: GENEVAN 42 (THIRSTING)
• Composer: Louis Bourgeois (1551)
• Harmonizer: Johann Crüger (1658)
• Meter: 8.7.8.7.7.7.8.8.
• Key: F Major or modal
• Copyright: Public Domain