Text: | Awake, Awake, Put On Thy Strength, O Zion |
Author: | Ronald A. Knox |
Author: | C. A. Alington |
Tune: | PILGRIMS |
Composer (adapt.): | Henry Smart |
1 Awake, awake, put on thy strength, O Zion;
God's purpose tarries, but his will stands fast;
of Judah's tribe is born the mighty Lion,
and he shall bruise the serpent's head at last.
Refrain:
Promise and covenant God surely keeps:
he watching o'er us slumbers not, nor sleeps.
2 O ye that thirst, the pleasant fountains wait you;
ye that are poor, ye shall be freely fed.
Why give ye gold for wine that cannot sate you?
Why strive your hands for that which is not bread? [Refrain]
3 For now the low estate of his handmaiden
God hath regarded, and she shall be blest;
hear him that saith, "Come, all ye heavy laden,
come unto me, and I will give you rest." [Refrain]
4 Arise and shine: thy battlements are shining;
upon thee breaks the glory of the Lord;
and from the east, thy royalty divining,
the Gentiles come to see thy peace restored. [Refrain]
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Awake, awake, put on thy strength, O Zion |
Title: | Awake, Awake, Put On Thy Strength, O Zion |
Author: | Ronald A. Knox (1918) |
Author: | C. A. Alington (1918) |
Refrain First Line: | Promise and covenant God surely keeps |
Meter: | 11.10.11.10 with refrain |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1985 |
Scripture: | ; ; ; ; ; ; ; |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | PILGRIMS |
Composer (adapt.): | Henry Smart (1868; adapt.) |
Meter: | 11.10.11.10 with refrain |
Key: | D Major |