American Lutheran Hymnal ‎#408

408. Savior, When In Dust To Thee

1 Savior, when in dust to Thee
Low we bow th'adoring knee,
When, repentant, to the skies
Scarce we lift our streaming eyes;
O by all Thy pains and woe,
Suffered once for man below,
Bending from Thy throne on high,
Hear our solemn litany.

2 By Thy birth and early years,
By Thy human griefs and tears,
By Thy fasting and distress
In the lonely wilderness;
By Thy vict'ry in the hour
Of the subtle tempter's pow'r;
Jesus, look with pitying eye;
Hear our solemn litany.

3 By Thine hour of dark despair,
By Thine agony of prayer,
By the purple robe of scorn,
By Thy wounds--They crown of thorn,
By Thy cross--Thy pangs and cries,
By Thy perfect sacrifice,
Jesus, look with pitying eye;
Hear our solemn litany.

4 By Thy deep expiring groan,
By the sealed sepulchral stone,
By Thy triumph o'er the grave,
By Thy pow'r from death to save;
Mighty God, ascended Lord,
To Thy throne in heav'n restored--
Prince and Savior, hear our cry,
Hear our solemn litany.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Savior, when in dust to Thee
• Title: Savior, When In Dust To Thee
• Author: Sir Robert Grant (1815)
• Meter: 7 7 7 7 D.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1930
• Topic: The Church Year: Passion

Tune Information

• Name: LIGHT OF THE SOUL
• Meter: 7 7 7 7 D.
• Key: b minor
• Source: Freylinghausen's Gesangbuch, Halle, 1704; German chorale: Christe, wahres Seelenlicht