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[LORD, in your mercy hear my prayer]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Hal H. Hopson; Kermit G. Moldenhauer Tune Key: e minor or modal Incipit: 55651 45413 Used With Text: LORD, in Your Mercy Hear my Prayer

The LORD Has Long Looked with Favor

Author: Hal H. Hopson; Michael Morgan Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 1 hymnal Refrain First Line: LORD, in your mercy hear my prayer Topics: Advent; Confession; Favor; Forgiveness; Fruits of Faith; God as Glory; God as Holy; Guilt; Joy; Lenten; Love; Morning; Nativity of St. John the Baptist; Peace; Pentecost; Prayer; Sanctification; Sin; Sorrow Scripture: Psalm 85 Used With Tune: FLEE AS A BIRD

LORD, in Your Mercy Hear my Prayer

Author: Hal H. Hopson Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: You, LORD, forgave the iniquity of your people Topics: Advent; Confession; Favor; Forgiveness; Fruits of Faith; God as Glory; God as Holy; Guilt; Joy; Lenten; Love; Morning; Nativity of St. John the Baptist; Peace; Pentecost; Prayer; Sanctification; Sin; Sorrow Scripture: Psalm 85 Used With Tune: [LORD, in your mercy hear my prayer]

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The LORD Has Long Looked with Favor

Author: Hal H. Hopson; Michael Morgan Hymnal: Christian Worship #85C (2021) Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Refrain First Line: LORD, in your mercy hear my prayer Topics: Advent; Confession; Favor; Forgiveness; Fruits of Faith; God as Glory; God as Holy; Guilt; Joy; Lenten; Love; Morning; Nativity of St. John the Baptist; Peace; Pentecost; Prayer; Sanctification; Sin; Sorrow Scripture: Psalm 85 Languages: English Tune Title: FLEE AS A BIRD

LORD, in Your Mercy Hear my Prayer

Author: Hal H. Hopson Hymnal: Christian Worship #85A (2021) First Line: You, LORD, forgave the iniquity of your people Topics: Advent; Confession; Favor; Forgiveness; Fruits of Faith; God as Glory; God as Holy; Guilt; Joy; Lenten; Love; Morning; Nativity of St. John the Baptist; Peace; Pentecost; Prayer; Sanctification; Sin; Sorrow Scripture: Psalm 85 Languages: English Tune Title: [LORD, in your mercy hear my prayer]

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Hal H. Hopson

1933 - 2025 Author (refrain) of "The LORD Has Long Looked with Favor" in Christian Worship Hal H. Hopson (b. Texas, 1933) is a prolific composer, arranger, clinician, teacher and promoter of congregational song, with more than 1300 published works, especially of hymn and psalm arrangements, choir anthems, and creative ideas for choral and organ music in worship. Born in Texas, with degrees from Baylor University (BA, 1954), and Southern Baptist Seminary (MSM, 1956), he served churches in Nashville, TN, and most recently at Preston Hollow Presbyterian Church in Dallas, Texas. He has served on national boards of the Presbyterian Association of Musicians and the Choristers Guild, and taught numerous workshops at various national conferences. In 2009, a collection of sixty four of his hymn tunes were published in Hymns for Our Time: The Collected Tunes of Hal H. Hopson. Emily Brink

Michael Morgan

b. 1948 Author (verses) of "The LORD Has Long Looked with Favor" in Christian Worship Michael Morgan (b. 1948) is a church musician, Psalm scholar, and collector of English Bibles and Psalters from Atlanta, Georgia. After almost 40 years, he now serves as Organist Emeritus for Atlanta’s historic Central Presbyterian Church, and as Seminary Musician at Columbia Theological Seminary. He holds degrees from Florida State University and Atlanta University, and did post-graduate study with composer Richard Purvis in San Francisco. He has played recitals, worship services, and master classes across the U. S., and in England, France, Spain, Switzerland, and Germany. He is author of the Psalter for Christian Worship (1999; rev. 2010), and a regular contributor in the field of psalmody (most recently to the Reformed collections Psalms for All Seasons and Lift Up Your Hearts, and the new Presbyterian hymnal, Glory to God). Michael Morgan