The Lutheran Hymnary ‎#453

453. As after the water-brooks panteth

1 As after the water-brooks panteth
The hart, when it sinks in the chase,
So thirsteth my soul, as it fainteth,
For Thee, O my God, and thy grace;
For Thou art the fount everliving,
Who unto the thirsty art giving
The water of life that I need.

2 By day and by night in her anguish
My soul is lamenting in woe:
O Lord, in my grief I must languish,
No counsel, no help do I know;
When shall I Thy mercy awaken?
When shall I, the poor and forsaken,
Before Thee appear, O my God?

3 Great fears now my bosom are rending,
For near the abyss I am brought,
My way on the brink I am wending,
My journey with peril is fraught;
I faint, I see terrors appalling,
And into the deep I am falling-
O hearken, O Lord, to my cries!

4 Thou, Thou art my rock of salvation,
My house I have built upon Thee;
O if Thou shouldst fail as foundation,
My ruin it surely would be;
Lord, deep unto deep now is calling,
Thy waves and Thy billows appalling
Arise to go over my soul.

6 When others sing anthems of gladness,
And offer thanksgiving and praise,
I sit in the gloom of my sadness
And hear not the anthems they raise;
My song is the voice of my sighing,
The festal days pass in my crying--
I languish in grief and in woe.

6 Why art thou disquiet within me?
Why art thou cast down, O my soul?
Confide in thy God, let Him win thee!
Still hope in thy God, Him extol!
For surely once dawneth a morrow,
When, freed from thy care and thy sorrow,
Thou praises shalt sing to thy God.

7 His light and His truth, they shall lead me
In peace to His temple at last;
I rest on His word, He will speed me,
And conflict and sorrow are past;
Yea, joyful I anthems will raise Him,
With heart and with voice will I praise Him--
My health and my life and my God.

Text Information

• First Line: As after the water-brooks panteth
• Author: N. F. S. Grundtvig (1812)
• Meter: 9, 8, 9, 8, 9, 9, 8.
• Publication Date: 1913
• Topic: The Church Year: Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity; Cross and Comfort

Tune Information

• Name: [As after the water brooks panteth]
• Composer: Ludv. M. Lindeman, 1812—87
• Meter: 9, 8, 9, 8, 9, 9, 8.
• Key: D Major