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I Love Thy Kingdom, Lord
Author: Timothy Dwight Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 1,336 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 137:5 Lyrics: 1 I love thy kingdom, Lord,
the house of thine abode,
the church our blest Redeemer
saved with his own precious blood.
2 I love thy church, O God;
her walls before thee stand,
dear as the apple of thine eye,
and graven on thy hand.
3 For her my tears shall fall,
for her my prayers ascend;
to her my cares and toils be given,
till toils and cares shall end.
4 Beyond my highest joy
I prize her heavenly ways,
her sweet communion, solemn vows,
her hymns of love and praise.
5 Sure as thy truth shall last,
to Zion shall be given
the brightest glories earth can yield,
and brighter bliss of heaven.
Topics: Church Militant Used With Tune: ST. THOMAS
I Love Thy Kingdom, Lord
By the Babylonian Rivers
Author: Ewald Bash Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 25 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 137 Used With Tune: KAS DZIEDAJA
By the Babylonian Rivers
By the Waters
Appears in 18 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 137:1 First Line: By the waters, the waters of Babylon Lyrics: [1] By the waters, the waters of Babylon,
[2] we sat down and wept, and wept for you, Zion.
[3] We remember you, remember you, remember you, Zion. Topics: Gathering Songs of Confession and Lament; Gathering Songs Songs of Confession and Lament Used With Tune: [By the waters, the waters of Babylon]
By the Waters
When we, our weary'd Limbs to rest
Appears in 92 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 137 Lyrics: 1 When we, our weary'd Limbs to rest,
Sat down by proud Euphrates Stream,
We wept, with doleful Thoughts opprest,
And Sion was our mournful Theme.
2 Our Harps, that when with Joy we sung
Were wont their tuneful Parts to bear,
With silent Strings neglected hung
On Willow-tress that wither'd there.
3 Mean while our Foes, who all conspir'd
To triumph in our slavish Wrongs,
Musick and Mirth of us requir'd,
"Come, sing us one of Sion's Songs."
4 How shall we tun our Voice to sing?
Or touch our Harps with skilful Hands?
Shall Hymns of Joy to God our King
Be sung by Slaves in foreign lands?
5 O Salem, our once happy Seat!
When I of thee forgetful prove,
Let then my trembling Hand forget
The speaking Strings with Art to move!
6 If I to mention thee forbear,
Eternal Silence seize my tongue;
Or if I sing one chearful Air,
'Till thy Deliv'rance is my Song!
7 Remember, Lord, how Edom's Race,
In thy own city's fatal Day,
Cry'd out, "Her stately Wills deface,
"And with the Ground quite level lay."
8 Proud Babel's Daughter, doom'd to be
Of Grief and Woe the wretched Prey,
Bless'd is the Man, who shall to thee
The Wrongs thou laid'st on us, repay.
9 Thrice bless'd, who with just Rage possest,
And deaf to all the Parents Moans,
Shall snatch thy Infants from the Breast,
And dash their Heads against the Stones.
When we, our weary'd Limbs to rest
The Babylonish Captifity
Appears in 66 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 137 First Line: Along the banks where Babel's current flows Lyrics: 1 Along the banks where Babel's current flows,
Our captive bands in deep despondence stray'd,
While Zions' fall in sad rememb'rance rose,
Her friends, her children, mingled with the dead.
2 The tuneless harp, that once with joy we strung,
When praise employ'd and mirth inspir'd the lay,
In mournful silence on the willows hung,
And growing grief prolong'd the tedious day.
3 The barb'rous tyrants, to increase the woe,
With tainting smiles a song of Zion claim;
Bid sacred praise in streans melodious flow,
While they blaspheme the great Jehovah's name.
4 But how, in heathen chains and lands unknown,
Shall Isra'l's sons a song of Zion raise?
O hapless Salem, God's terrestrial throne,
Thou land of glory, sacred mount of praise!
5 If e'er my memory lose thy lovely name,
If my cold heart neglect my kindred race,
Let dire destruction seize this guilty frame;
My hand shall perish and my voice shall cease.
6 Yet shall the Lord, who hears when Zion calls,
O'ertake her foes with terror and dismay,
His arm avenge her desolated walls,
And raise her children to eternal day.
The Babylonish Captifity
Far from my heavenly home
Author: Henry F. Lyte Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 147 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 137 Topics: Christian Experience Aspiration; Heaven Anticipated; Israel In Exile Used With Tune: LYTE
Far from my heavenly home
Psalm 137: By Babel's streams we sat and wept
Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 11 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 137 First Line: By Babel's streams we sat and wept Lyrics:
1By Babel’s streams we sat and wept,
when Sion we thought on.
2In midst thereof we hang’d our harps
the willow-trees upon.
3For there a song required they,
who did us captive bring:
Our spoilers call’d for mirth, and said,
A song of Sion sing.
4O how the Lord’s song shall we sing
within a foreign land?
5If thee, Jerus’lem, I forget,
skill part from my right hand.
6My tongue to my mouth’s roof let cleave,
if I do thee forget,
Jerusalem, and thee above
my chief joy do not set.
7Remember Edom’s children, Lord,
who in Jerus’lems day,
Ev’n unto its foundation,
Raze, raze it quite, did say.
8O daughter thou of Babylon,
near to destruction;
Bless’d shall he be that thee rewards,
as thou to us hast done.
9Yea, happy surely shall he be
thy tender little ones
Who shall lay hold upon, and them
shall dash against the stones.
Psalm 137: By Babel's streams we sat and wept
Your harps, ye trembling saints
Author: A. M. Toplady Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 356 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 137:1-2 Topics: The Christian Life Courage and Cheer Used With Tune: BUCER
Your harps, ye trembling saints
Memories of Zion
Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 9 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 137 First Line: By Babel's streams we sat and wept Lyrics: 1 By Babel's streams we sat and wept,
For mem'ry still to Zion clung;
The winds alone our harp-strings swept,
That on the drooping willows hung.
2 There our rude captors, flushed with pride,
A song required to mock our wrongs;
Our spoilers called for mirth, and cried,
Come, song us one of Zion's songs.
3 Not songs but sighs to us belong
When Zion's walls in ruin lie;
How shall we sing Jehovah's song
While in an alien land we die?
4 O Zion fair, God's holy hill,
Wherein our God delights to dwell,
Let my right hand forget her skill
If I forget to love thee well.
5 If I do not remember thee,
Then let my tongue from utterance cease,
If any earthly joy to me
Be dear as Zion's joy and peace.
6 Remember, Lord, the dreadful day
Of Zion's cruel overthrow;
How happy he who shall repay
The bitter hatred of her foe. Topics: Afflictions Complaint of; Aspirations For Church Priveleges; Church Afflicted; Church Beloved of Saints; House of God Longed for and Loved; Prayer Complaint in; Retribution Threatened; The Wicked Prayers for Punishment of; The Wicked Separation from Used With Tune: OLIVE'S BROW
Memories of Zion
O What Their Joy and Their Glory Must Be
Author: Peter Abelard; J. M. Neale Meter: 11.10.11.10 Appears in 137 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 137:1 Lyrics: 1 O what their joy and their glory must be,
those endless Sabbaths the blessèd ones see!
Crown for the valiant, to weary ones rest:
God shall be all, and in all ever blest.
2 Truly Jerusalem name we that shore:
"Vision of peace" that brings joy evermore!
Wish and fulfillment can severed be ne'er,
nor the thing prayed for come short of the prayer.
3 We, where no troubles distraction can bring,
safely the anthems of Zion shall sing;
while for thy grace, Lord, their voices of praise
thy blessèd people evermore raise.
4 Now, in the meantime, with hearts raised on high,
we for that country must yearn and must sigh,
seeking Jerusalem, dear native land,
through our long exile on Babylon's strand.
5 Low before him with our praises we fall,
of whom, and in whom, and through whom are all:
of whom, the Father, and through whom, the Son,
in whom, the Spirit, with these ever One.
Topics: Funerals Used With Tune: O QUANTA QUALIA Text Sources: O quanta qualia; 12th century
O What Their Joy and Their Glory Must Be
Come and Fill
Author: Taize Community Appears in 21 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 137 First Line: Confitemini Domino (Come and fill our hearts with your peace) Used With Tune: [Confitemine Domino]
Come and Fill
My Soul in Stillness Waits
Author: Marty Haugen, b. 1950 Appears in 15 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 137 First Line: O Lord of Light, our only hope of glory Refrain First Line: For you, O Lord, my soul in stillness waits Topics: Seasons and Feasts Advent; Second Coming; Thirst Used With Tune: [O Lord of Light, our only hope of glory] Text Sources: "O" Antiphons
My Soul in Stillness Waits
By the Waters of Babylon
Appears in 7 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 137:1-4 Topics: Lent; Freedom; Suffering Used With Tune: [By the waters of Babylon]
By the Waters of Babylon
By the rivers of Babylon
Appears in 5 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 137 Topics: Prose Psalms Used With Tune: TONUS PARISIANUS
By the rivers of Babylon
Que se me pegue la lengua al paladar (Let my tongee be silenced)
Appears in 4 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 137 Topics: Fourth Sunday of Lent B; Cuarto Domingo de Cuaresma B Used With Tune: [Que se me pegue la lengua al paladar]
Que se me pegue la lengua al paladar (Let my tongee be silenced)
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
Meter: 8.8.8.8 with refrain Appears in 513 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 137:1-5 Refrain First Line: Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel Lyrics: 1 O come, O come, Emmanuel,
and ransom captive Israel,
that mourns in lonely exile here
until the Son of God appear.
Refrain:
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
shall come to thee, O Israel.
2 O come, thou Wisdom from on high,
who orderest all things mightily:
to us the path of knowledge show;
and teach us in her ways to go. [Refrain]
3 O come, O come, thou Lord of might,
who to thy tribes on Sinai’s height
in ancient times didst give the law
in cloud and majesty and awe. [Refrain]
4 O come, thou Root of Jesse, free
thine own from Satan’s tyranny;
from depths of hell thy people save
and give them victory o’er the grave. [Refrain]
5 O come, thou Key of David, come,
and open wide our heavenly home;
make safe the way that leads on high,
and close the path to misery. [Refrain]
6 O come, thou Dayspring, come and cheer
our spirits by thine advent here;
disperse the gloomy clouds of night,
and death’s dark shadows put to flight. [Refrain]
7 O come, Desire of nations, bind
all peoples in one heart and mind;
bid envy, strife, and discord cease;
fill the whole world with heaven’s peace. [Refrain]
Topics: Comfort; God's Covenant with Israel; Jesus Christ Advent; World Peace; Prayer; Unity Used With Tune: VENI EMMANUEL Text Sources: Latin prose, pre-9th cent.; Trans. composite
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
Alleluia, Song of Gladness
Author: John Mason Neale, 1818-66 Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Appears in 94 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 137:1-6 Lyrics: 1 Alleluia, song of gladness,
Voice of joy that cannot die;
Alleluia is the anthem
Ever raised by choirs on high;
In the house of God abiding
Thus they sing eternally.
2 Alleluia, thou resoundest,
True Jerusalem and free;
Alleluia, joyful mother,
All thy children sing with thee,
But by Babylon's sad waters
Mourning exiles now are we.
3 Alleluia cannot always
Be our song while here below;
Alleluia, our transgressions
Make us for a while for-go;
For the solemn time is coming
When our tears for sin must flow.
4 Therefore in our hymns we pray Thee,
Grant us, blessed Trinity,
At the last to keep Thine Easter
With Thy faithful saints on high;
There to Thee for ever singing
Alleluia joyfully.
Used With Tune: LAUDA ANIMA Text Sources: Latin, c. 11th cent.
Alleluia, Song of Gladness
Ancient Israel
Author: James Joyce Appears in 88 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 137:1 First Line: Why on the bending willows hung Lyrics: 1 Why on the bending willows hung,
Israel! still sleeps thy tuneful string?--
Still mute remains thy sullen tongue,
And Zion's song denies to sing?
2 Awake! thy sweetest raptures raise;
Let harp and voice unite their strains:
Thy promised King his sceptre sways:
Jesus, thine own Messiah, reigns!
3 No taunting foes the song require;
No strangers mock thy captive chain;
But friends provoke the silent lyre,
And brethren ask the holy strain.
4 Nor fear thy Salem's hills to wrong,
If other lands thy triumphs share:
A heavenly city claims thy song;
A brighter Salem rises there.
5 By foreign streams no longer roam;
Nor, weeping, think of Jordan's flood:
In every clime behold a home,
In every temple see thy God. Topics: Christ Lion of Judah; Church Missions of; Church Work of Used With Tune: ANVERN
Ancient Israel
Ashes
Author: Tom Conry, b. 1951 Appears in 8 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 137:7 First Line: We rise again from ashes Topics: Conversion; Conversion; Conversion; Rites of the Church Penance (Reconciliation); The Liturgical Year Ash Wednesday; The Liturgical Year Lent (Sundays and Weekdays) Used With Tune: [We rise again from ashes]
Ashes
How Shall I Sing to God?
Author: Brian Wren, b. 1936 Meter: Irregular Appears in 3 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 137 First Line: How shall I sing to God Lyrics: 1 How shall I sing to God when life is filled with gladness,
loving and birth, wonder and worth?
I'll sing from the heart, thankfully receiving, joyful in believing.
This is my song, I'll sing it with love.
2 How shall I sing to God when life is filled with bleakness,
empty and chill, breaking my will?
I'll sing through my pain, angrily or aching, crying or complaining
This is my song, I'll sing it with love.
3 How shall I sing to God and tell my Savior's story:
passover bread, life from the dead?
I'll sing with my life, witnessing and giving, risking and forgiving.
This is my song, I'll sing it with love. Used With Tune: HOPE
How Shall I Sing to God?
Waiting To-Night
Author: M. Macoomer Appears in 622 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 137:5 First Line: Jerusalem, my happy home Refrain First Line: I'm waiting tonight, watching for the light Used With Tune: [Jerusalem, my happy home]
Waiting To-Night
On opening a new place for worship
Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 193 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 137:5 First Line: And will the great eternal God Lyrics: 1 And will the great eternal God
On earth establish his abode?
And will he from his radiant throne
Avow our temples for his own?
2 We bring the tribute of our praise,
And sing that condescending grace,
Which to our notes will lend an ear,
And call us sinful mortals near.
3 Our Father's watchful care we bless,
Which guards our synagogues in peace,
That no tumultuous foes invade,
To fill our worshippers with dread.
4 These walls we to thy honor raise;
Long may they echo with thy praise;
And Thou descending fill the place
With choicest tokens of thy grace.
5 Here let the great Redeemer reign
With all the graces of his train;
While pow'r divine his word attends
To conquer foes, and chear his friends.
6 And in the great decisive day,
When God the nations shall survey,
May it before the world appear,
That crouds were born to glory here.
Topics: Place of worship dedicated
On opening a new place for worship
Remembrance of Church Priveleges
Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 3 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 137 First Line: By Babel's riverside we sat in tears Lyrics: 1 By Babel's riverside we sat in tears,
Rememb'ring Zion's pride in former years,
While on the weeping willows there were hung
The harps our grief had silenced and unstrung.
2 For they who led us there a captive throng
Required that we prepare for them a song;
Yea, there our captives asked for mirth and praise,
Required a song of Zion's happy days.
3 O how shall we thus sing at their command
Songs of the Lord, our King, in this strange land?
O Zion, if I e'er forget thy woe,
Let my right hand its skill no longer know.
4 Yea, let my tongue, i pray, all silent be,
If I do not alway remember thee;
If I prefer not thee, thought in thy grief,
Above all other joys my very chief.
Topics: Afflictions Complaint of; Aspirations For Church Priveleges; Church Afflicted; Church Beloved of Saints; House of God Longed for and Loved; The Wicked Separation from Used With Tune: BENEDICTION
Remembrance of Church Priveleges
Babylon Streams Received Our Tears
Author: Calvin Seerveld Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 2 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 137 Topics: Biblical Names & Places Babylon/Babel; Biblical Names & Places Jerusalem; Laments; Return of Christ; Biblical Names & Places Babylon/Babel; Biblical Names & Places Jerusalem; Judgment; Laments; Return of Christ Used With Tune: LLEF
Babylon Streams Received Our Tears
Psalm 137: Let My Tongue Be Silent
Author: Carl Johengen Appears in 2 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 137:1-6 First Line: By Bablonian rivers, we sat and wept Refrain First Line: Let my tongue be silent, if ever I forget you Topics: Captivity; Perseverance; Lent IV Used With Tune: [By Babylonian rivers, we sat and wept]
Psalm 137: Let My Tongue Be Silent
By the Waters of Babylon
Author: Paul A. Tate, b. 1968 Appears in 2 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 137 First Line: We long to play our harps Topics: Homeland Used With Tune: [We long to play our harps]
By the Waters of Babylon
As by the streams of babylon
Appears in 2 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 137 Lyrics: 1 As by the streams of babylon
We captives sat with anxious fears;
Then we dear Zion thought upon,
And melted into streams of tears.
2 Our harps, our instruments of joy,
Which us'd with chearful songs to sound,
We hung upon the willow trees
Which on the shaded banks abound.
3 Because our foes, who all conspir'd
To triumph in our slavish wrongs;
Musick and mirth of us requir'd;
'Come sing us one of Zion's songs.'
4 But, ah! how cou'd we guide our hands
To play, with hearts so full of woes
Sing Zion's songs in heathen lands,
JEHOVAH's hymns to chear his foes?
5 O dear Jerusalem! if I
Ever of thee forgetful grow;
Let me the skill of my right hand
For ever wholly cease to know.
6 Let my tongue to my palate cleave,
If thee remember should not I,
Or don't prefer Jerusalem,
Above my highest earthly joy,
7 LORD, Thou remembrest Edom's son,
Who on Jerulalem's sad day,
'To the foundation raze her! cry'd;
'Raze, raze her!' out aloud cry'd they.
8 O Babel's daughter! doom'd to fall!
That conqueror shall blessed be,
Who, just as thou hast done to us,
Will do in righteousness to thee!
9 Yea, he shall blessed be by heav'n,
Who shall by heav'n employed be,
Upon the stones to dash thy face,
And end thy cruel progeny.
As by the streams of babylon
Super flumina
Author: W. W. Appears in 2 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 137 First Line: When as we sat in Babylon Lyrics: 1 When as we sat in Babylon,
the rivers round about:
And in remembrance of Sion
the teares for griefe burst out:
2 We hang'd our harps and instruments,
the willow trees upon:
For in that place men for their use
had planted many one.
3 Then they to whom we prisoners were
said to us tauntingly:
Now let us heare your Hebrew songs,
and pleasant melody.
4 Alas said we, who can once frame
his sorrowfull heart to sing
The praises of our loving God
thus under a strange King?
5 But yet if I Jerusalem
out of my heart let slide:
Then let my fingers quite forget
the warbling harp to guide.
6 And let my tongue within my mouth
be ti'd for ever fast:
If that I joy before I see
thy full deliverance past.
7 Therefore (O Lord) remember now
the cursed noise and cry
That Edoms sonnes against us made,
when they raz'd our city.
Remember Lord their cruell words,
when as with one accord
They cry'd, On sack and raze their wals,
in despight of the Lord.
8 Even so shalt thou O Babylon,
at length to dust be brought:
And happy shall that man be cal'd,
that our revenge hath wrought.
9 Yea blessed shall that man be cal'd,
that takes thy children young:
To dash their bones against hard stones,
that lie the streets among. Used With Tune: [When as we sat in Babylon]
Super flumina
By Rivers of Sorrow
Author: Michael Perry, 1942-1996 Meter: 12.11.12.11 Appears in 2 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 137 First Line: By rivers of sorrow we sat and remembered Used With Tune: ST. CATHERINE'S COURT
By Rivers of Sorrow
God Bless Our Native Land
Author: Siegfired A. Mahlmann (Stanzas 1, 2); Wiliam E. Hickson (Stanza 3); Charles T. Brooks; John S. Dwight Appears in 668 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 137:5-6 Lyrics: 1 God bless our native land;
Firm may she ever stand
Through storm and night:
When the wild tempests rave,
Ruler of wind and wave,
Do Thou our country save
By Thy great might.
2 For her our prayer shall rise
To God above the skies;
On Him we wait;
Thou who art ever nigh,
Guarding with watchful eye,
To Thee aloud we cry,
God save the State!
3 Not for this land alone,
But be God's mercies shown
From shore to shore;
And may the nations see
That men should brothers be,
And form one family
The wide world o'er.
Amen. Topics: Brotherhood; God Protection; Nation, The; Patriotism; Peace on Earth; Kingdom of God on Earth, The Nation, The Used With Tune: AMERICA
God Bless Our Native Land
Rejoice, Ye Pure in Heart
Author: Edward H. Plumptre, 1821-1891 Meter: 8.6.8.6 with refrain Appears in 429 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 137:3 Refrain First Line: Rejoice, rejoice, rejoice, give thanks and sing Lyrics: 1 Rejoice, ye pure in heart,
rejoice, give thanks and sing;
your festal banner wave on high,
the cross of Christ your King.
Refrain:
Rejoice, rejoice,
rejoice, give thanks and sing.
2 Bright youth and snow crowned age,
strong souls and spirits meek,
raise high your free, exulting song,
God's wondrous praises speak. [Refrain]
3 With voice as full and strong
as ocean's surging praise,
send forth the hymns the saints have loved,
the psalms of ancient days. [Refrain]
4 Yes, on through life’s long path,
still chanting as you go,
from youth to age, by night and day,
in gladness and in woe. [Refrain] Used With Tune: MARION
Rejoice, Ye Pure in Heart
Home of the soul
Author: Mrs. Ellen H. Gates Appears in 342 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 137:3 First Line: I will sing you a song of that beautiful land Used With Tune: [I will sing you a song of that beautiful land]
Home of the soul
His Way with Thee
Author: C. S. N. Appears in 233 hymnals Scripture: Psalms 1-150 First Line: Would you live for Jesus, and be always pure and good Refrain First Line: His power can make you what you ought to be Used With Tune: [Would you live for Jesus, and be always pure and good]
His Way with Thee
Psalm 102
Author: Isaac Watts Appears in 154 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 137:5 First Line: Let Zion and her sons rejoice Lyrics: 1 Let Zion and her sons rejoice--
Behold the promised hour!
Her God hath heard her mourning voice,
And comes to exalt his power.
2 Her dust and ruins that remain
Are precious in our eyes;
Those ruins shall be built again,
And all that dust shall rise.
3 The Lord will raise Jerusalem,
And stand in glory there;
Nations shall bow before his name,
And kings attend with fear.
4 He sits a sovereign on his throne,
With pity in his eyes,
He hears the dying prisoners' groan,
And sees their sighs arise.
5 He frees the souls condemned to death;
Nor, when his saints complain,
Shall it be said that praying breath
Was ever spent in vain. Topics: Church Missions of; Church Triumph of; Church Work of Used With Tune: OAKSVILLE
Psalm 102
When in Our Music God Is Glorified
Author: Fred Pratt Green, 1903-2000 Meter: 10.10.10 with refrain Appears in 84 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 137:3 Lyrics: 1 When in our music God is glorified,
and adoration leaves no room for pride,
it is as though the whole creation cried:
Alleluia!
2 How often, making music, we have found
a new dimension in the world of sound,
as worship moved us to a more profound
Alleluia!
3 So has the Church, in liturgy and song,
in faith and love, through centuries of wrong,
borne witness to the truth in every tongue:
Alleluia!
4 And did not Jesus sing a psalm that night
when utmost evil strove against the light?
Then let us sing, for whom he won the fight:
Alleluia!
5 Let every instrument be tuned for praise!
Let all rejoice who have a voice to raise!
And may God give us faith to sing always:
Alleluia! Topics: Adoration; Dedication Instruments Used With Tune: ENGELBERG
When in Our Music God Is Glorified
I love Thy Zion, Lord
Author: Timothy Dwight Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 75 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 137 Lyrics: 1 I love thy Zion, Lord,
The house of Thine abode;
The Church our blest Redeemer saved
With His own precious Blood.
2 I love Thy Church, O God!
Her walls before Thee stand,
Dear as the apple of Thine eye,
And graven on Thy hand.
3 For her my tears shall fall;
For her my prayers ascend:
To her my cares and toils be given,
Till toils and cares shall end.
4 Beyond my highest joy
I prize her heavenly ways,
Her sweet communion, solemn vows,
Her hymns of love and praise.
5 Jesus, Thou Friend divine,
Our Saviour and our King,
Thy hand from every snare and foe,
Shall great deliverance bring.
6 Sure as Thy truth shall last,
To Zion shall be given
The brightest glories earth can yield,
And brighter bliss of heaven. Topics: The Church The Communion of Saints Used With Tune: WATCHMAN
I love Thy Zion, Lord
Lift Every Voice and Sing
Author: James W. Johnson, 1871-1938 Meter: 6.6.10.6.6.10.14.14.6.6.10 Appears in 48 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 137 Lyrics: 1 Lift every voice and sing till earth and heaven ring,
ring with the harmonies of liberty;
let our rejoicing rise, high as the listening skies,
let it resound loud as the rolling sea.
Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us,
sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us;
facing the rising sun of our new day begun,
let us march on till victory is won.
2 Stony the road we trod, bitter the chastening rod,
felt in the days when hope unborn had died;
yet with a steady beat, have not our weary feet
come to the place for which our people sighed?
We have come over a way that with tears has been watered;
we have come, treading our path through the blood of the slaughtered,
out from the gloomy past, till now we stand at last
where the white gleam of our bright star is cast.
3 God of our weary years, God of our silent tears,
thou who hast brought us thus far on the way;
thou who hast, by thy might, led us into the light,
keep us forever in the path, we pray.
Lest our feet stray from the places, our God, where we met thee,
lest, our hearts drunk with the wine of the world, we forget thee;
shadowed beneath thy hand, may we forever stand,
true to our God, true to our native land. Topics: Covenant Faithfulness; Freedom; God Ways Of; Hope; Music and Singing Used With Tune: ANTHEM
Lift Every Voice and Sing
"Little Flock"
Author: Horatius Bonar Appears in 45 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 137:5 First Line: Church of the ever-living God Lyrics: 1 Church of the ever-living God,
The Father's gracious choice,
Amid the voices of this earth
How feeble is thy voice!
2 Not many rich or noble called,
Not many great or wise;
They whom God makes his kings and priests
Are poor in human eyes.
3 But the chief Shepherd comes at length;
Their feeble days are o'er,
No more a handful in the earth,
A little flock no more.
4 Then entering the eternal halls,
In robes of victory,
That mighty multitude shall keep
The joyous jubilee. Topics: Christians Fellowship; Church Institutions of; Church Unity of; Communion of Saints At Lord's Table Used With Tune: BELMONT
"Little Flock"
On Eagle's Wings
Author: Michael Joncas, b. 1951 Appears in 45 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 137 First Line: You who dwell in the shelter of the Lord Refrain First Line: And he will raise you up on eagle's wings Topics: Comfort; Confidence; Confirmation; Courage; Discipleship; Eternal Life; Faith; Faithfulness of God; Fear; Funeral; Going Forth; Hope; Interfaith; Life; Refuge; Trust; Trust Used With Tune: [You who dwell in the shelter of the Lord]
On Eagle's Wings
"Hallelujah!"
Author: John Chandler Appears in 43 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 137:1 First Line: Hallelujah! best and sweetest Lyrics: 1 Hallelujah! best and sweetest
Of the hymns of praise above;
Hallelujah! thou repeatest,
Angel Host, these notes of love;
This ye utter,
While your golden harps ye move.
2 Hallelujah! Church Victorious,
Join the concert of the sky;
Hallelujah! bright and glorious,
Lift, ye Saints, this strain on high;
We, poor exiles,
Join not yet your melody.
3 Hallelujah! strains of gladness,
Suit not souls with anguish torn;
Hallelujah! sounds of sadness
Best become the heart forlorn;
Our offences
We with bitter tears must mourn.
4 But our earnest supplication,
Holy God, we raise to thee;
Visit us with thy salvation,
Make us all thy joys to see.
Hallelujah!
Ours at length this strain shall be. Topics: Church Missions of; Church Revival of; Church Work of Used With Tune: HAMDEN
"Hallelujah!"
I cannot tell
Author: William Young Fullerton, 1857-1932 Meter: 11.10.11.10.11.10.11.12 Appears in 33 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 137:3 First Line: I cannot tell how he whom angels worship Lyrics: 1 I cannot tell how he whom angels worship
should stoop to love the peoples of the earth,
or why as shepherd he should seek the wand'rer
with his mysterious promise of new birth.
But this I know, that he was born of Mary
when Bethl'em's manger was his only home,
and that he lived at Nazareth and laboured,
and so the Saviour, Saviour of the world, is come.
2 I cannot tell how silently he suffered,
as with his peace he graced this place of tears,
or how his heart upon the cross was broken,
the crown of pain to three and thirty years.
But this I know, he heals the broken-hearted,
and stays our sin, and calms our lurking fear,
and lifts the burden from the heavy laden,
for still the Saviour, Saviour of the world is here.
3 I cannot tell how he will win the nations,
how he will claim his earthly heritage,
how satisfy the needs and aspirations
of east and west, of sinner and of sage.
But this I know, all flesh shall see his glory,
and he shall reap the harvest he has sown,
and some glad day his sun will shine in splendour
when he the Saviour, Saviour of the world, is known.
4 I cannot tell how all the lands shall worship,
when, at his bidding, ev'ry storm is stilled,
or who can say how great the jubilation
when ev'ry heart with perfect love is filled.
But this I know, the skies will thrill with rapture,
and myriad, myriad human voices sing,
and earth to heav'n and heav'n to earth, will answer:
'At last the Saviour, Saviour of the world, is King!' Topics: Hope and Consolation; Redemption and Salvation; Year A Lent 2; Year A Lent 3; Year A Proper 9; Year B Advent 2; Year B Advent 3; Year B Easter 4; Year B Proper 7; Year B Trinity Sunday; Year C Easter 3; Year C Second Sunday Before Lent; Years A, B, and C Christmas Day Used With Tune: LONDONDERRY AIR
I cannot tell
The Latter Day Glory
Author: Timothy Dwight Appears in 28 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 137:1 First Line: Lord of all worlds, incline thy bounteous ear Lyrics: 1 Lord of all worlds, incline thy bounteous ear,
Thy children's voice, in tender mercy, hear;
Bear thy blest promise, fixed as hills, in mind,
And shed renewing grace on lost mankind!
2 Let Zion's walls before thee ceaseless stand,
Dear as thine eye, and graven on thy hand;
From earth's far regions Jacob's sons restore,
Oppressed by man, and scourged by thee no more.
3 Then shall mankind no more in darkness mourn,
Then happy nations in a day be born;
From east to west thy glorious name be one,
And one pure worship hail the eternal Son.
4 Then shall thy saints exult with joy divine;
Their virtues quicken, and their lives refine;
Heaven o'er the world unfold a brighter day,
And Jesus spread his reign from sea to sea! Topics: Christ Lord of all; Church Missions of; Church Triumph of; Church Work of Used With Tune: SAVANNAH
The Latter Day Glory
Be Not Afraid
Author: Bob, Dufford, SJ, 1943- Appears in 22 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 137 First Line: You shall cross the barren desert Refrain First Line: Be not afraid. I go before you always Topics: Promise & Hope Used With Tune: [You shall cross the barren desert]
Be Not Afraid
We Are Called
Author: David Haas, b. 1957 Appears in 18 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 137 First Line: Come! Live in the light! Refrain First Line: We are called to act with justice Topics: Art and Artists; Culture, Community & Nation; Kingdom; Missional; Music and Singing Used With Tune: WE ARE CALLED
We Are Called
Tu Reino Amo, Oh Dios
Author: Timothy Dwight, 1752-1817; Epigmenio Velasco Appears in 16 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 137 First Line: Tu reino amo ¡oh Dios! Used With Tune: ST. THOMAS Text Sources: Paráfrasis del Salmo 137
Tu Reino Amo, Oh Dios
An Wasserflüssen Babylon
Appears in 12 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 137 Lyrics: 1 An Wasserflüssen Babylon
da saßen wir mit Schmerzen,
als wir gedachten an Zion,
da weinten sir von Herzen.
Wir hingen auf mit schwerem Muth
die harfen und die orgeln gut
an ihre Bäum' der Weiden,
die drinnen sind in ihrem Land,
da mußten wir viel Schmach und Schand
täglich von ihnen leiden.
2 Die uns gefangen hielten lang
so hart an selben Orten,
begehrten von uns ein Gesang,
mit gar spöttlichen Worten,
und suchten in der Traurigkeit
ein fröhlich G'sang in unserm Leid:
Ach! liber thut uns singen
ein Lob-Gesang, ein Liedlein schön,
vonden Gedichten aus Zin,
das fröhlich thut erklingen.
3 Wie sollten wir in solchem Zwang
und Elend, jetzt vorhanden,
dem Herren singen ein'n Gesang,
so gar in fremden Landen?
Jerusalem! vergess' ich dein,
so wolle Gott der Rechten mein
vergess'n in meinem Leben,
wenn ich nicht bleib dein eingedenk,
mein Zung' sich oben angehenk
und bleib' am Rachen kleben.
4 Ja, wenn ich nicht mit ganzem Fleiß,
Jerusalem, dich ehre,
im Anfang, meiner Freuden Preis
von jetzt, und immermehre.
Gedenk' der Kinder Edom sehr,
am Tag' Jerusalem, o Herr!
die in ihr'r Bosheit sprechen:
"Rein ab! rein ab zu aller Stund,
vertilg' sie gar bis auf den Grund,
den Boden woll'n wir brechen."
5 Du schnöde Tochter Babylon,
zerbrochen und zerstöret,
wohl dem, der dir wird geb'n den
Lohn und dir dann wiederkehret,
dein'n Uebermuth und Schalkheit groß,
und mißt dir auch mit solchem Maaß,
wie du uns hast gemessen.
Wohl dem der deine Kinder klein
erfaßt, und schlägt sie an ein'n Stein,
damit dein werd' vergessen.
6 Ehr' sei dem Vater und dem Sohn
und auch dem heil'gen Geiste;
als es im Anfang war und nun,
der uns sein Gnade leiste,
daß wir auf diesem Jammerthal
von Herzen scheuen überall
der Welt gottloses Wesen
und streben nach der neuen Art,
dazu der Mensch gebildet ward,
wer das begehrt, sprech' Amen.
Topics: Gesänge vom Worte Gottes und der christlichen Kirche; Songs from the Word of God and the Christian Church
An Wasserflüssen Babylon
Lord, Thee I Love with All My Heart
Author: M. M. Schaling, 1532-1608; C. Winkworth, 1827-78 Meter: 8.8.7.8.8.7.8.8.8.8.4.8.8 Appears in 9 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 137 Lyrics: 1 Lord, Thee I love with all my heart;
I pray Thee, ne'er from me depart;
With tender mercy cheer me.
Earth has no pleasure I would share,
Yea, heav'n itself were void and bare
If Thou, Lord, were not near me.
And should my heart for sorrow break,
My trust in Thee no one could shake.
Thou art the Portion I have sought;
Thy precious blood my soul has bought.
Lord Jesus Christ,
My God and Lord, my God and Lord,
Forsake me not! I trust Thy Word.
2 Yea, Lord, 'twas Thy rich bounty gave
My body, soul, and all I have
In this poor life of labor.
Lord, grant that I in ev'ry place
May glorify Thy lavish grace
And serve and help my neighbor.
Let no false doctrine me beguile;
And Satan not my soul defile.
Give strength and patience unto me
To bear my cross and follow Thee.
Lord Jesus Christ,
My God and Lord, my God and Lord,
In death Thy comfort still afford.
3 Lord, let at last Thine angels come,
To Abram's bosom bear me home,
That I may die unfearing;
And in its narrow chamber keep
My body safe in peaceful sleep
Until Thy reappearing.
And then from death awaken me
That these mine eyes with joy may see,
O Son of God, Thy glorious face,
My Savior and my Fount of grace,
Lord Jesus Christ,
My prayer attend, my prayer attend,
And I will praise Thee without end.
Topics: Heavenly Riches; Trinity 1 Used With Tune: HERZLICH LIEB HAB ICH DICH, O HERR
Lord, Thee I Love with All My Heart
Come Now, You Blessed, Eat at My Table
Author: Ruth Duck Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 7 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 137 First Line: "Come now, you blessed; eat at my table" Topics: Culture, Community & Nation; Poverty and Oppression Used With Tune: COME NOW, YOU BLESSED
Come Now, You Blessed, Eat at My Table
Lift Thy Head, O Zion, Weeping
Author: Karoly Jeszensky; William Toth Meter: 8.7.8.7.7.7.8.8 Appears in 6 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 137:1 Topics: Pilgrimage and Conflict; God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob Used With Tune: MAGYAR
Lift Thy Head, O Zion, Weeping
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