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Patient Endurance and Submission

My soul for Thy salvation faints, But still I hope in Thee

Published in 6 hymnals

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Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1 My soul for Thy salvation faints,
but still I hope in Thee;
I long to see Thy promised help,
when Thou shalt comfort me.

2 Thy statues I do not forget,
though wasting grief I know;
Thy servant's days are few, O Lord;
when wilt Thou judge my foe?

3 The proud, disdainful of Thy law,
entrap me wrongfully;
O Thou, whose law is just and true,
help and deliver me.

4 Almost consumed, yet from Thy law
I have not turned away;
in lovingkindness give me strength,
that I may still obey.

Source: Psalms and Hymns to the Living God #119K

Text Information

First Line: My soul for Thy salvation faints, But still I hope in Thee
Title: Patient Endurance and Submission
Meter: 8.6.8.6
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

MANOAH (Greatorex)

MANOAH was first published in Henry W. Greatorex's Collection of Psalm and Hymn Tunes (1851). This anthology (later editions had alternate titles) contained one of the best tune collections of its era and included thirty-seven original compositions and arrangements by compiler Greatorex as well as m…

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MORRISON


BELMONT (Gardiner)

This tune has been mis-attributed to various other composers, but is clearly the work of the above-named composer.

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Timeline

Media

The Cyber Hymnal #4351
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)

Instances

Instances (1 - 3 of 3)
TextPage Scan

Psalms and Hymns to the Living God #119K

Page Scan

Psalms of Grace #119:81-88b

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #4351

Include 3 pre-1979 instances
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