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Psalm 126: When God First Brought Us Back from Exile

Author: Carl P. Daw, Jr., b. 1944 Meter: 9.8.9.8 D Appears in 5 hymnals First Line: When God first brought us back from exile Lyrics: 1 When God first brought us back from exile, we were as dazed as those who dream. Then were our mouths brimming with laughter; joy from our lips gushed like a stream. The godless cried in envious wonder, “Look what the Lord has done for them!” Indeed our God has greatly blessed us; rejoice and sing, Jerusalem! 2 Once more, O Lord, restore your people; come with your saving help again, as to the brook-beds in the desert you bring the sweet, reviving rain. Let those who sow with tears and sighing sing as they reap and joy proclaim: may those who weep when seed is scattered gather their sheaves and praise your name. Topics: Intercessory Prayers Scripture: Psalm 126 Used With Tune: WAYFARING STRANGER

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WAYFARING STRANGER

Meter: 9.8.9.8 D Appears in 46 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Horace Clarence Boyer, 1935-2009 Tune Sources: Traditional American Tune Key: c minor Incipit: 11554 54311 34413 Used With Text: When God First Brought Us Back (Psalm 126)

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When God First Brought Us Back

Author: Carl P. Daw Jr., b. 1944 Hymnal: Psalms for All Seasons #126A (2012) Meter: 9.8.9.8 D First Line: When God first brought us back from exile Lyrics: 1 When God first brought us back from exile, we were as dazed as those who dream. Then were our mouths brimming with laughter; joy from our lips gushed like a stream. The godless cried in envious wonder, “Look what the Lord has done for them!” Indeed our God has greatly blessed us; rejoice and sing, Jerusalem! 2 Once more, O Lord, restore your people; come with your saving help again, as to the brook beds in the desert you bring the sweet, reviving rain. Let those who sow with tears and sighing sing as they reap and joy proclaim: may those who weep when seed is scattered gather their sheaves and praise your name. Topics: Biblical Names and Places Negeb; Biblical Names and Places Zion; Church Year Advent; Church Year Lent; Daily Prayer Midday Prayer; Disciples / Calling; Freedom; God's Wonders; God's People (flock, sheep); Jesus Christ Mind of; Joy; Lament Community; Lament General; Patience; Rejoicing; Return from Exile; Salvation; Sorrow; Temptation And Trial; Victory; Year B, Advent, 3rd Sunday; Year B, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, October 23-29; Year B, Thanksgiving Day, Canada, 2nd Monday in October; Year B, Thanksgiving Day, USA, 4th Thursday in November Scripture: Psalm 126 Languages: English Tune Title: WAYFARING STRANGER
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Psalm 126: When God First Brought Us Back from Exile

Author: Carl P. Daw, Jr., b. 1944 Hymnal: Sing! A New Creation #210 (2002) Meter: 9.8.9.8 D First Line: When God first brought us back from exile Lyrics: 1 When God first brought us back from exile, we were as dazed as those who dream. Then were our mouths brimming with laughter; joy from our lips gushed like a stream. The godless cried in envious wonder, “Look what the Lord has done for them!” Indeed our God has greatly blessed us; rejoice and sing, Jerusalem! 2 Once more, O Lord, restore your people; come with your saving help again, as to the brook-beds in the desert you bring the sweet, reviving rain. Let those who sow with tears and sighing sing as they reap and joy proclaim: may those who weep when seed is scattered gather their sheaves and praise your name. Topics: Intercessory Prayers Scripture: Psalm 126 Languages: English Tune Title: WAYFARING STRANGER
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When God First Brought Us Back (Cuando el Señor desde el destierro)

Author: Carl P. Daw, Jr., b. 1944; Carlos Colón, b. 1966; María Eugenia Cornou, b. 1969; Dianne Zandstra, b. 1952 Hymnal: Santo, Santo, Santo #32 (2019) Meter: 9.8.9.8 D First Line: When God first brought us back from exile (Cuando el Señor desde el destierro) Lyrics: 1 When God first brought us back from exile, We were as dazed as those who dream. Then were our mouths brimming with laughter; Joy from our lips gushed like a stream. The godless cried in envious wonder, “Look what the Lord has done for them!” Indeed our God has greatly blessed us; Rejoice and sing, Jerusalem! 2 Once more, O Lord, restore your people; Come with your saving help again, As to the brook-beds in the desert You bring the sweet, reviving rain. Let those who sow with tears and sighing Sing as they reap and joy proclaim; May those who weep when seed is scattered Gather their sheaves and praise your name. --- 1 Cuando el Señor desde el destierro, como un sueño nos trajo a Sión, de nuestros labios brotaron cantos, y en nuestra boca risa abundó. Y las naciones exclamaron: "Ved comó Dios les hizo bien". Y así es: él nos bendijo. ¡Canta con gozo, Jerusalén! 2 Ven, otra vez, Señor, restaura; envía hoy tu salvación. Cual manantial en tierra seca, tu lluvia, Dios, derrama hoy. Que los que siegan con llanto amargo con gozo digan al cantar: "Los que con lágrimas sembraron con regocijo han de segar". Topics: Covenant; Pacto; Estado de Libertad; Freedom; Exile; Exilio; Renewal (Restoration); Renovación (Resaturación); Salvación; Salvation Scripture: Ezra 1 Languages: English; Spanish Tune Title: WAYFARING STRANGER

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Horace Clarence Boyer

1935 - 2009 Person Name: Horace Clarence Boyer, 1935-2009 Arranger of "WAYFARING STRANGER" in Psalms for All Seasons Horace Boyer (b. Winter Park, Flordia, July 28, 1935; d. Amherst, Massachusetts, July 21, 2009) was professor of music at the University of Massachussetts, Amhurst, editor of the African American hymnal Lift Every Voice and Sing, Lift Every Voice and Sing II, and author of How Sweet the Sound: The Golden Age of Gospel (Elliot & Clark, 1995). Sing! A New Creation

Dianne Marie Zandstra

b. 1952 Person Name: Dianne Zandstra, b. 1952 Alterer (translation) of "When God First Brought Us Back (Cuando el Señor desde el destierro)" in Santo, Santo, Santo

Carl P. Daw Jr.

b. 1944 Person Name: Carl P. Daw, Jr., b. 1944 Author of "Psalm 126: When God First Brought Us Back from Exile" in Sing! A New Creation Carl P. Daw, Jr. (b. Louisville, KY, 1944) is the son of a Baptist minister. He holds a PhD degree in English (University of Virginia) and taught English from 1970-1979 at the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia. As an Episcopal priest (MDiv, 1981, University of the South, Sewanee, Tennesee) he served several congregations in Virginia, Connecticut and Pennsylvania. From 1996-2009 he served as the Executive Director of The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada. Carl Daw began to write hymns as a consultant member of the Text committee for The Hymnal 1982, and his many texts often appeared first in several small collections, including A Year of Grace: Hymns for the Church Year (1990); To Sing God’s Praise (1992), New Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs (1996), Gathered for Worship (2006). Other publications include A Hymntune Psalter (2 volumes, 1988-1989) and Breaking the Word: Essays on the Liturgical Dimensions of Preaching (1994, for which he served as editor and contributed two essays. In 2002 a collection of 25 of his hymns in Japanese was published by the United Church of Christ in Japan. He wrote Glory to God: A Companion (2016) for the 2013 hymnal of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Emily Brink
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