The Worshipbook ‎#629

629. We Thank You, Lord, for Strength of Arm

1 We thank you, Lord, for strength of arm
To win our bread,
And that, beyond our need, is meat
For friends unfed:
We thank you much for bread to live;
We thank you more for bread to give.

2 We thank you, Lord, for sheltered home
In cold and storm,
And that, beyond our need, is room
For friends forlorn:
We thank you much for place to rest,
But more for shelter for our guest.

3 We thank you, Lord, for lavish love
On us bestowed,
Enough to share with loveless folk
To ease their load:
Your love to us we ill could spare,
Yet dearer is your love we share.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: We thank you, Lord, for strength of arm
• Title: We Thank You, Lord, for Strength of Arm
• Author: Robert Davis (1908, alt. 1972)
• Meter: 8.4.8.4.8.8.
• Publication Date: 1972
• Scripture:
  Psalm 103
• Topic: Civil Year: Labor Day; Other Observances: Mission; Other Observances: Stewardship

Tune Information

• Name: O JESU
• Composer (attributed to): Johann Balthasar Reimann (1747)
• Meter: 8.4.8.4.8.8.
• Key: F Major