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Remember Not, O God
Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 15 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 79 Lyrics: 1 Remember not, O God,
the sins of long ago;
in tender mercy visit us,
distressed and humbled low.
2 O Lord, our Savior, help,
and glorify your name;
deliver us from all our sins
and take away our shame.
3 Then, safe within your fold,
we will exalt your name;
our thankful hearts with songs of joy
your goodness will proclaim.
Topics: Confession and Forgiveness; Confession of Sin; Forgiveness Used With Tune: GORTON Text Sources: Psalter, 1912
Remember Not, O God
For the Distress of War
Appears in 24 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 79 First Line: Behold, O God, what cruel foes Lyrics: 1 Behold, O God, what cruel foes,
Thy peaceful heritage invade;
Thy holy temple stands defil'd,
In dust thy sacred walls are laid.
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2 Wide o'er the vallies drench'd in blood,
Thy people fall'n in death remain;
The fowls of heav'n their flesh devour,
And savage beasts divide the slain.
3 Th' insulting foes, with impious rage,
Reproach thy children to their face;
"Where is your God of boasted pow'r,
"And where the promise of his grace."
4 Deep from the prison's horrid glooms,
Oh hear the mournful captives sigh,
And let thy sov'reign pow'r reprieve,
The trembling souls condemn'd to die.
5 Let those, who dar'd insult thy reign;
Return dismay'd with endless shame,
While heathens, who thy grace despise,
Shall from thy veng'ance learn thy name.
6 So shall thy children, freed from death,
Eternal songs of honour raise,
And ev'ry future age shall tell,
Thy sov'reign pow'r and pard'ning grace.
For the Distress of War
In Your Heritage the Nations
Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 7 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 79 Lyrics: 1 In your heritage the nations
now, O God, rebellious stand;
they defile your holy temple,
they destroy your chosen land.
Ruthless, they have slain your servants,
they have caused your saints to mourn;
in the sight of all about us
we endure reproach and scorn.
2 O how long against your people
will your anger burn, O LORD?
On your enemies, the heathen,
let your anger, LORD, be poured.
Smite the kingdoms that defy you,
that do not call on your name.
They have long devoured your people
and destroyed your land with flame.
3 O remember not against us
evil by our fathers done.
LORD, deliver in your mercy;
near to ruin we have come.
Help us, God of our salvation,
for the glory of your name.
Why should nations shout defiance?
Take away our sin and shame.
4 Let the nations know our Savior
will avenge his servants slain.
Loose the prisoner, save the dying,
all your enemies restrain.
Then your flock, your chosen people,
songs of thankfulness will raise;
and, to every generation,
we will sing your glorious praise.
Topics: Judge, God/Christ as; Laments; Society/Social Concerns; Temptation & Trial; Confession of Sin; Judge, God/Christ as; Laments; Lord's Supper; Society/Social Concerns; Temptation & Trial Used With Tune: O MEIN JESU Text Sources: Psalter, 1912, alt.
In Your Heritage the Nations
The King of Love My Shepherd Is (Psalm 23)
Author: Henry Williams Baker Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 677 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 79:13 First Line: The King of love my shepherd is Lyrics: 1 The King of love my shepherd is,
whose goodness faileth never;
I nothing lack if I am his
and he is mine forever.
2 Where streams of living water flow
my ransomed soul he leadeth,
and where the verdant pastures grow,
with food celestial feedeth.
3 Perverse and foolish oft I strayed,
but yet in love he sought me,
and on his shoulder gently laid,
and home, rejoicing, brought me.
4 In death's dark vale I fear no ill
with thee, dear Lord, beside me;
thy rod and staff my comfort still,
thy cross before to guide me.
5 Thou spread’st a table in my sight;
thy unction grace bestoweth;
and O what transport of delight
from thy pure chalice floweth!
6 And so through all the length of days
thy goodness faileth never;
Good Shepherd, may I sing thy praise
within thy house forever. Topics: Eternal Life; Forgiveness; Funeral; Grace; Guidance; Living and Dying in Christ; Providence Used With Tune: ST. COLUMBA
The King of Love My Shepherd Is (Psalm 23)
Lord of Our Life and God of Our Salvation
Author: Philip Pusey; Matthäus A. von Löwenstern Meter: 11.11.11.6 Appears in 220 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 79:9 First Line: Lord of our life, and God of our salvation Lyrics: 1 Lord of our life and God of our salvation,
Star of our night and Hope of every nation,
Hear and receive Thy Church's supplication,
Lord God Almighty.
2 See round Thine ark the hungry billows curling;
See how thy foes their banners are unfurling.
Lord, while their darts envenomed they are hurling,
Thou canst preserve us.
3 Lord, Thou canst help when earthly armor faileth;
Lord, Thou canst save when deadly sin assaileth;
Lord, o'er Thy Church nor death nor hell prevaileth;
Grant us Thy peace, Lord:
4 Peace in our hearts, our evil thoughts assuaging;
Peace in Thy Church where brothers are engaging;
Peace when the world its busy war is waging.
Calm Thy foes' raging.
5 Grant us Thy help till backward they are driven;
Grant them Thy truth that they may be forgiven;
Grant peace on earth or, after we have striven,
Peace in Thy heaven.
Amen. Topics: The Church Year Reformation Used With Tune: HERZLIEBSTER JESU
Lord of Our Life and God of Our Salvation
All People That on Earth Do Dwell (Psalm 100)
Author: William Kethe Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 722 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 79:13 First Line: All people that on earth do dwell Lyrics: 1 All people that on earth do dwell,
sing to the Lord with cheerful voice;
him serve with mirth, his praise forth tell.
Come ye before him and rejoice.
2 Know that the Lord is God indeed;
without our aid he did us make;
we are his folk; he doth us feed,
and for his sheep he doth us take.
3 O enter then his gates with praise;
approach with joy his courts unto;
praise, laud, and bless his name always,
for it is seemly so to do.
4 For why? The Lord our God is good;
his mercy is forever sure;
his truth at all times firmly stood,
and shall from age to age endure.
Topics: Care of Creation; Gathering; Praise; Sovereignty of God Used With Tune: OLD HUNDREDTH
All People That on Earth Do Dwell (Psalm 100)
Behold, O God, how heathen Hosts
Appears in 3 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 79 Lyrics: 1 Behold, O God, how heathen Hosts
have thy Possession seiz'd!
Thy sacred House they have defil'd,
thy holy City raz'd!
2 The mangled Bodies of thy Saints,
abroad unburied lay;
Their Flesh expos'd to savage Beasts,
and rav'nous Birds of Prey.
3 Quite thro' Jerus'lem was their Blood
like common Water shed;
And none were left alive to pay
last Duties to the Dead.
4 The neighb'ring Lands our small Remains
with loud Reproaches wound;
And we a laughing Stock are made
to all the Nations round.
5 How long wilt thou be angry, Lord,
must we for ever mourn;
Shall thy devouring jealous Rage,
like Fire for ever burn?
6 On foreign Lands that know not Thee,
thy heavy Vengeance show'r;
Those sinful Kingdoms let it crush,
that have not own'd thy Pow'r.
7 For their devouring jaws have prey'd
on Jacob's chosen Race;
And to a barren Desart turn'd
their fruitful Dwelling-place.
8 O think not on our former Sins,
but speedily prevent
The utter Ruin of thy Saints,
almost with Sorrow spent.
9 Thou God of our Salvation, help,
and free our souls from blame;
So shall our Pardon and Defence
exalt thy glorious Name.
10 Let Infidels, that scoffing say,
"Where is the God they boast?"
In Vengeance for thy slaughter'd Saints,
perceive thee to their Cost.
11 lord, hear the sighing Pris'ners Moans,
thy saving Pow'r extend;
Preserve the Wretches doom'd to die,
from that untimely End.
12 On them, who us oppress, let all
our Suff'ring's be repaid;
Make their Confusion seven times more
than what on us they laid.
13 So we thy People and thy Flock,
shall ever praise thy Name;
And with glad Hearts our grateful Thanks
from Age to Age proclaim.
Behold, O God, how heathen Hosts
Your hand, O God, has guided
Author: Edward Hayes Plumptre (1821-1891) Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.6.7 with refrain Appears in 55 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 79:13 Lyrics: 1 Your hand, O God, has guided
your flock, from age to age;
the wondrous tale is written,
full clear, on every page;
your people owned your goodness,
and we their deeds record:
and both of this bear witness:
one Church, one Faith, one Lord.
2 Your heralds brought glad tidings
to greatest as to least;
they summoned all to hasten
and share the great King's feast;
and this was all their teaching,
in every deed and word,
to all alike proclaiming:
one Church, one Faith, one Lord.
3 Through many a day of darkness,
through many a scene of strife,
the faithful few fought bravely
to guard the nation's life.
Their Gospel of redemption,
sin pardoned, life restored,
was all in this enfolded:
one Church, one Faith, one Lord.
4 Your mercy will not fail us,
nor leave your work undone;
with your right hand to help us,
the victory shall be won;
by mortals and by angels
your name shall be adored,
and this shall be our anthem:
one Church, one Faith, one Lord. Topics: Life in Christ Our Response to Christ - In Discipleship; Church Ministry; Church unity and ecumenism; Salvation and Redemption; Witness Used With Tune: THORNBURY
Your hand, O God, has guided
Humbly in your sight we come together, Lord
Author: Tom Colvin (1925-2000); J. P. Chirwa (d. 1940) Meter: 11.11 Appears in 11 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 79:9 Lyrics: 1 Humbly in your sight we come together, Lord;
grant us now the blessing of your presence here.
2 These, our hearts, are yours, we give them to you, Lord;
purify our love to make it like your own.
3 These, our eyes are yours, we give them to you, Lord;
may we always see your world as with your sight.
4 These, our hands, are yours; we give them to you, Lord;
give them strength and skill to do our work for you.
5 These, our feet, are yours, we give them to you, Lord;
may we always walk the path of life with you.
6 These, our tongues, are yours, we give them to you, Lord;
may we speak your healing words of life and truth.
7 These, our ears, are yours, we give them to you, Lord;
open them to hear the Gospel as from you.
8 Our whole selves are yours, we give them to you, Lord;
take us now and keep us yours forevermore. Topics: Our Response to Christ In Dedication; Multi-cultrual and World-church Songs; Offering of self Used With Tune: TIZA PANTAZI PINU Text Sources: Tumbuka (Malawian) hymn
Humbly in your sight we come together, Lord
¡Oh Maestro y mi Señor!
Author: H. B. Someillan Appears in 11 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 79:13 First Line: ¡Oh Maestro y mi Señor! Yo contigo quiero andar Used With Tune: INNOCENTS
¡Oh Maestro y mi Señor!
Psalm 79: O God, the heathen enter'd have
Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 2 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 79 First Line: O God, the heathen enter'd have Lyrics:
1O God, the heathen enter’d have
thine heritage; by them
Defiled is thy house: on heaps
they laid Jerusalem.
2The bodies of thy servants they
have cast forth to be meat
To rav’nous fowls; thy dear saints’ flesh
they gave to beasts to eat.
3Their blood about Jerusalem
like water they have shed;
And there was none to bury them
when they were slain and dead.
4Unto our neighbours a reproach
most base become are we;
A scorn and laughingstock to them
that round about us be.
5How long, Lord, shall thine anger last?
wilt thou still keep the same?
And shall thy fervent jealousy
burn like unto a flame?
6On heathen pour thy fury forth,
that have thee never known,
And on those kingdoms which thy name
have never call’d upon.
7For these are they who Jacob have
devoured cruelly;
And they his habitation
have caused waste to lie.
8Against us mind not former sins;
thy tender mercies show;
Let them prevent us speedily,
for we’re brought very low.
9For thy name’s glory help us, Lord,
who hast our Saviour been:
Deliver us; for thy name’s sake,
O purge away our sin.
10Why say the heathen, Where’s their God?
let him to them be known;
When those who shed thy servants’ blood
are in our sight o’erthrown.
11O let the pris’ner’s sighs ascend
before thy sight on high;
Preserve those in thy mighty pow’r
that are design’d to die.
12And to our neighbours’ bosom cause
it sev’n-fold render’d be,
Ev’n the reproach wherewith they have,
O Lord, reproached thee.
13So we thy folk, and pasture-sheep,
shall give thee thanks always;
And unto generations all
we will shew forth thy praise.
Psalm 79: O God, the heathen enter'd have
A Psalm of Asaph
Appears in 2 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 79 First Line: Behold, O God, how heathen foes Lyrics: 1 Behold, O GOD, how heathen foes
Thine heritage invade;
Defile thy holy house; in heaps
Jerusalem have laid.
2 Thy servants bodies lying dead,
they cast forth to be meat
To rav'nous fowls; and thy siants flesh
to savage beasts to eat.
3 Like water they pour'd out their blood
about Jerusalem;
Their mangled bodies lay abroad,
and none to bury them.
4 We are become a vile reproach
to all our neighbours near;
Yea a derision and a scoff
to all who round us are.
5 How long, O LORD? For evermore
shall thus thine anger last?
How long thy burning jealousy
like fire go on and waste?
6 Thy wrath on heathens Thou wilt pour,
who own Thee not at all;
And on the kingdoms round who on
thy name refuse to call.
7 For they have cruelly devour'd
thy servant Jacob's race;
And have with fire and sword laid waste
his pleasant dwelling place.
[2 Part]
8 Mind not against us former sins;
thy tender mercies show:
Let them prevent us speedily;
for we're brought very low.
9 Help, for the glory of thy Name,
our Saviour God, this day;
For thy Name sake deliver us,
and purge our sins away.
10 Why say the heathen, where's your GOD?
before us they shall see,
When thy dear servants blood they shed
shall be reveng'd by Thee.
11 O let the captives sighs ascend
before thy face on high;
And let thy mighty arm preserve
those who are doom'd to die.
12 But to our neighbour's bosom Thou
wilt seven-fold repay,
For their reproach wherewith, O Lord,
reproached Thee have they.
13 So we thy people and thy flock,
will ever bless thy name;
And from our grateful hearts thy praise
from age to age proclaim.
A Psalm of Asaph
The heathen hosts, O God
Appears in 2 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 79 Lyrics: 1 The Heathen Hosts, O GOD!
Have thy Possession seiz'd;
Thy sacred House defil'd,
Thy holy City raz'd.
The Bodies of thy Saints,
Abroad unburied lay;
Their Flesh expos'd to Beasts,
Or rav'nous Birds a Prey.
2 Their Blood, like Water, was
Around Jerus'lem shed;
And none were left to pay
The Duties to the Dead:
The Foe our small Remains
With loud Reproaches wound;
And are made the Sport
Of all the Nations round.
3 How long wilt thou be wrathj?
LORD, must we ever mourn?
And shall thy jealous Rage,
Like Fire for ever burn?
Our Lands that know not thee,
Thy heavy Vengeance show'r;
Those Kingdoms let it crush,
That have not own'd thy Pow'r.
4 Their hungry Jaws have prey'd
On Jacob's chosen Race;
And to a Desart turn'd,
Their fruitful Dwelling Place.
O think not on our Sins,
But speedily prevent
The Ruin of thy Saints,
Almost with Sorrow spent.
5 Thy Help, O GOD, impart
And free our Souls from Blame,
So shall thy wond'rous Love
Exalt thy glorious Name.
Let Infidels that say,
"Where is the GOD they boast"?
In Vengeance, for thy Saints,
Perceive thee to their Cost.
6 LORD, hear the Pris'ner's Moans!
Thy saving Pow'r extend;
Preserve them, doom'd to die,
From their untimely End!
Those who blaspheme thy Name,
Do thou, O GOD, destroy;
Against the Nations round,
Resistless Pow'r employ.
7 For they have us opprest;
Then let them be repaid,
With Sorrows sev'n Times more
Than what on us they laid.
So we thy humble Flock,
Shall ever praise thy Name;
And our unwearied Thanks,
From Age to Age proclaim. Topics: Prayers Of the Church for her Deliverance in Persecution; Prophecies Prophetical Curses against the Enemies and Persecutors of the Chruch Used With Tune: [The Heathen Hosts, O God]
The heathen hosts, O God
Deus venurunt
Author: J. H. Appears in 2 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 79 First Line: O God the Gentiles do invade Lyrics: 1 O God the Gentiles do invade
thine heritage to spoile:
Jerusalem an heape is made,
thy Temple they defile.
2 The bodies of thy Saints most deare
abroad to birds they cast:
The flesh of them that do thee feare,
the beasts devoure and wast.
3 Their blood throughout Jerusalem,
as water spilt they have:
So that there is not one of them
to lay their dead in grave.
4 Thus are we made a laughing stock,
almost the world throughout:
The enemies at us jest and mock
which dwell our coasts about.
5 Wilt thou (O Lord) this in thine ire
against us over fume,
And shew thy wrath as hot as fire,
thy folk for to consume?
6 Upon those people powre the same,
which did thee never know:
All Realmes which call not on thy Name,
consume and overthrow.
7 For they have got the upper hand,
and Jacob's seed destroid:
His habitation and his land,
they have laid wast and void.
8 Beare not in mind our former faults,
with speed some pitie show:
And aid us, Lord, in our assaults,
for we are weake and low.
The second Part:
9 O God, that giv'st all health and grace
on us declare the same:
Weigh not our works, our sins edeface,
for honour of thy Name.
10 Why shall the wicked still alway,
to us as people dumbe,
In thy reproach rejoyce and say,
Where is their God become!
Requite (O Lord) as thou seest good,
before our eyes in sight,
Of all these folk; thy servants blood,
which they spilt in despight.
11 Receive into thy sight in haste,
the clamours, griefe and wrong,
Of such as are in prison cast,
sustaining irons strong.
Thy force and strength to celebrate,
Lord set them out of band,
Who unto death are destinate,
and in their enemies hand.
12 The nations which have been so bold
as to blaspheme thy Name:
Into their laps do thou seven-fold
repay again the same.
13 So we thy flock and pasture sheep
will praise thee evermore:
And teach all ages for to keep
for thee like praise in store.
Deus venurunt
So we thy chosen flock
Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 2 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 79:13 First Line: Mind not our former sins Topics: God's Chosen Flock Used With Tune: I HEAR THY VOICE
So we thy chosen flock
O God, Our Help In Ages Past
Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,240 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 79:9 Topics: God Praise to God Used With Tune: ST. ANNE
O God, Our Help In Ages Past
The Lord's my Shepherd, I'll not want
Author: Rouse's Version Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 573 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 79:13 Lyrics: 1 The Lord's my shepherd, I'll not want.
He makes me down to lie
In pastures green: he leadeth me
the quiet waters by.
3 My soul he doth restore again;
and me to walk doth make
Within the paths of righteousness,
e'en for his own name's sake.
4 Yea, though I walk in death's dark vale,
yet will I fear none ill;
For thou art with me; and thy rod
and staff me comfort still.
5 My table thou hast furnished
in presence of my foes:
My head thou dost with oil anoint,
and my cup overflows.
6 Goodness and mercy all my life
shall surely follow me:
And in God's house for evermore
my dwelling-place shall be. Topics: General Praise; Psalm 23
The Lord's my Shepherd, I'll not want
Dear God, Compassionate and Kind
Author: John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892) Meter: 8.6.8.8.6 with repeat Appears in 503 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 79:8-11 Lyrics: 1 Dear God, compassionate and kind,
forgive our foolish ways.
Re-clothe us in our rightful mind,
in purer lives thy service find,
in deeper reverence, praise,
in deeper reverence, praise.
2 In simple trust like theirs who heard,
beside the Syrian sea,
the gracious calling of the Lord,
let us, like them, without a word,
rise up and follow thee,
rise up and follow thee!
3 O Sabbath rest by Galilee!
O calm of hills above,
where Jesus knelt to share with thee
the silence of eternity
interpreted by love,
interpreted by love!
4 Drop thy still dews of quietness,
till all our strivings cease;
take from our souls the strain and stress,
and let our ordered lives confess
the beauty of thy peace,
the beauty of thy peace.
5 Breathe through the heats of our desire
thy coolness and thy balm;
let sense be dumb, let flesh retire;
speak through the earthquake, wind, and fire,
O still, small voice of calm,
O still, small voice of calm. Topics: Call and Vocation; Forgiveness; Lent (season); Peace of God Used With Tune: REPTON
Dear God, Compassionate and Kind
His Way with Thee
Author: C. S. N. Appears in 228 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
A blessed Gospel
Appears in 200 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 79 First Line: Blest are the souls that hear and know Lyrics: 1 Blest are the souls that hear and know
The gospel's joyful sound;
Peace shall attend the path they go,
And light their steps surround.
2 Their joy shall bear their spirits up
Through their Redeemer's name;
His righteousness exalts their hope,
Nor satan dares condemn.
3 The Lord, our glory and defence,
Strength and salvation gives:
Israel, thy King for ever reigns,
Thy God for ever lives.
Topics: Before Sermon
A blessed Gospel
We Gather Together
Author: Theodore Baker, 1851-1934 Meter: 12.11.12.11 Appears in 200 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 79:13 First Line: We gather together to ask the Lord's blessing Lyrics: 1 We gather together to ask the Lord's blessing;
He chastens and hastens His will to make known;
The wicked oppressing now cease from distressing:
Sing praises to His name; He forgets not His own.
2 Beside us to guide us, our God with us joining,
Whose kingdom calls all to the love which endures.
So from the beginning the fight we were winning:
You, Lord, were at our side; all glory be Yours!
3 We all do extol You our leader triumphant,
And pray that You still our defender will be.
Let Your congregation escape tribulation:
Your name be ever praised! O Lord, make us free!
Topics: Church, Family of Believers; Freedom; Guidance; Jesus Christ His Name; Kingdom; Praise; Sin Used With Tune: KREMSER Text Sources: Netherlands folk hymn
We Gather Together
When the Storms of Life Are Raging (Stand By Me)
Author: Charles A. Tindley, 1856-1933 Meter: 8.3.8.3.7.7.8.3 Appears in 56 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 79:9 First Line: When the storms of life are raging Lyrics: 1 When the storms of life are raging,
Stand by me;
When the storms of life are raging,
Stand by me.
When the world is tossing me
Like a ship upon the sea,
Thou who rulest wind and water,
Stand by me.
2 In the midst of tribulations,
Stand by me;
In the midst of tribulations,
Stand by me.
When the hosts of hell assail,
And my strength begins to fail,
Thou who never lost a battle,
Stand by me.
3 In the midst of faults and failures,
Stand by me;
In the midst of faults and failures,
Stand by me.
When I do the best I can,
And my friends misunderstand,
Thou who knowest all about me,
Stand by me.
4 In the midst of persecution,
Stand by me;
In the midst of persecution,
Stand by me.
When my foes in battle array,
Undertake to stop my way,
Thou who saved Paul and Silas,
Stand by me.
5 When I’m growing old and feeble,
Stand by me;
When I’m growing old and feeble,
Stand by me.
When my life becomes a burden,
And I’m nearing chilly Jordan,
O Thou Lily of the Valley,
Stand by me.
Amen. Topics: The Christian Life Loyalty and Courage; Courage; Jesus Abiding with Believers; Trials Used With Tune: STAND BY ME
When the Storms of Life Are Raging (Stand By Me)
Psalm 79: 1-9 (A Responsorial Setting)
Author: Marvin V. Frey Meter: 8.8.8.5 Appears in 37 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 79:1-9 First Line: Someone's crying Lord, kum ba yah Topics: Biblical Names and Places Israel; Biblical Names and Places Jacob; Biblical Names and Places Jerusalem; Elements of Worship Confession (Corporate); Elements of Worship Lord's Supper; God as Judge; Lament Community; Lament General; Questioning; Year C, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, September 18-24 Used With Tune: KUM BA JAH Text Sources: Evangelical Lutheran Worship (Psalm text)
Psalm 79: 1-9 (A Responsorial Setting)
For mourners in Zion
Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 36 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 79:11 First Line: O let the pris'ner's mournful sighs Topics: Means of Grace Prayer and Intercession
For mourners in Zion
New Songs of Celebration Render
Author: Erik Routley Meter: 9.8.9.8 D Appears in 32 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 79:13 First Line: New songs of celebration render to him Lyrics: 1 New songs of celebration render
to him who has great wonders done:
Love sits enthroned in ageless splendor--
come and adore the Mighty One.
He has made known his great salvation
which all his friends with joy confess;
he has revealed to every nation
his everlasting righteousness.
2 Joyfully, heartily resounding,
let every instrument and voice
peal out the praise of grace abounding,
calling the whole world to rejoice.
Trumpets and organs set in motion
such sounds as make the heavens ring:
all things that live in earth and ocean,
make music for your mighty King.
3 Rivers and seas and torrents roaring,
honor the Lord with wild acclaim;
mountains and stones, look up adoring
and find a voice to praise his name.
Righteous, commanding, ever glorious,
praises be his that never cease:
just is our God, whose truth victorious
establishes the world in peace.
Topics: God Savior; Epiphany Season; God Power; God Savior; God Savior; Music and Singing; Nature; Inner Peace; Praise of God; Psalms Used With Tune: RENDEZ A DIEU
New Songs of Celebration Render
The aged pilgrim
Author: Sir Robert Grant Appears in 28 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 79:9 First Line: Thy mercy heard my infant prayer Topics: Christians Sufferings of; Old Age; Pilgrim Spirit of; Resignation
The aged pilgrim
Hath God forgotten to be kind
Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 9 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 79:8-9 First Line: I cried to God, I cried, he heard Topics: Hath God Forgotten? Used With Tune: I CRIED TO GOD
Hath God forgotten to be kind
The Church's Appeal in Tribulation
Appears in 4 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 79 First Line: O God, the heathen hosts Topics: Afflictions Complaint of; Afflictions Prayer in; Anger of God Fearful; Anger of God Invoked; Christians Persecuted and Sorrowing; Church Afflicted; Deliverance From Sickness; Enemies Many and Mighty; Prayer Complaint in; Prayer Confession in; Prayer For Deliverance from Enemies; Prayer For the Church; Prayer Imprecations in; Retribution Belongs to God; Retribution Threatened; The Righteous Troubles of; Royalty of Christ Judgment His Prerogative; Rulers Wicked; The Wicked Persecuting Used With Tune: [O God, the heathen hosts]
The Church's Appeal in Tribulation
A Place where wickedness abound
Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 1 hymnal Scripture: Psalm 79 Lyrics: 1 A Place where wickedness abound,
Where scarce a righteous soul is found:
There punishment for sins is due,
And must be executed too.
2 Jerusalem, that noted place,
Found it to be her awful case;
Where judgments with their threat'nings meet
Destruction soon is made complete.
3 It was the blessed Saviour's charge,
Where vices sway their pow'r at large;
Who then is wise these things to see,
Then let him to the mountains flee.
4 The axe which to the root is laid,
As John, the faithful Prophet said:
Will cut that wicked nation down
without the least of mercy shown.
5 The Jews, be aggravating crimes,
Brought on them selves such fatal times;
Times of distress, and wo, and grief,
But not a time to find relief.
6 False Christs arose in ev'ry part,
And with deceptions, schemes and art,
Were many simple souls decoy'd,
And in their sins at last destroy'd.
7 Just like a carrion on the ground,
To which the Eagles flock around;
The doctrine of such teachers are,
To silly souls a trap and snare.
8 Their doctrine would have that effect,
As to deceive the Lord's elect!
Was not their hope in Jesus stay'd,
And thus upheld by heav'nly aid.
9 What evil sin on earth can do,
From this sad passage we may know;
Lord! make us wise to meditate,
And flee before it be too late.
Topics: 25th Sunday after Trinity
A Place where wickedness abound
A Psalm of Asaph
Appears in 1 hymnal Scripture: Psalm 79 First Line: O God, the heathen entered have Lyrics: 1 O God the heathen entred have
Thine heritance, defil'd
Thine holy temple, they on heaps
Jerusalem have pil'd.
2 Thy servants bodies that are dead
They given have for meat
To fowls of heav'n, to beast of th' earth
Flesh of thy saints to eat.
3 Their blood they have forth poured round
About Jerusalem:
Like unto water, and there was
None for to bury them.
4 To those that near unto us dwell
A scorn become are we,
A scoffing and reproach to them
That round about us be.
5 How long Jehovah, wilt thou still
Continue in thine ire
For ever? shall thy jealousy
Burn forth like unto fire?
6 Upon the heathen pour thy wrath,
Who never did thee know:
Upon the kingdoms that have not
Call'd on thy name also.
7 Because they Jacob have devour'd,
And they his dwelling place
To utter desolation
Did miserably raze.
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8 Mind not against us former sins
O let thy bowels haste
Us to prevent, because we are
Near utterly laid waste.
9 God of our safety help thou us,
For th' honour of thy name:
Free us also, and purge away
Our sins ev'n for the same.
10 why say the heathen, where's their God?
Before them bring to light
The vengeance of thy saints blood-shed,
And that before our fight.
11 Before thee let the pris'ners sighs
Come up accordingly,
As mighty is thine arm; save those
That are design'd to die.
12 And to our neighbours seven fold
Into their bosom pay:
Their vile reproach wherewith O Lord,
Reproached thee have they.
13 So we thy folk and pasture sheep
Will give thee thanks always;
And unto generations all
We will shew forth thy praise.
A Psalm of Asaph
The Heathen, Lord, thy Heritage
Appears in 1 hymnal Scripture: Psalm 79 Lyrics: 1. The Heathen, Lord, thy Heritage,
Did furiously invade;
Defii'd thy Temple, and in Heaps,
Jerusalem have laid.
2. The Bodies of thy Servants slain,
For Meat to Fowls of Heav'n;
And thy Saints Flesh, to savage Beasts,
They cruelly have giv'n.
3. They round about Jerusalem,
Their Blood, like Water, shed;
And none was found to pay the last
Kind Office to the Dead.
4. Our Neighbours load us with Reproach,
Our Fame they deeply wound;
We're made the very Scorn, and Mock
Of all the Nations round.
5. How long, Jehovah! Shall thy Wrath
Against us ne'er expire?
Shall thy inflamed Jealousy,
Burn like devouring Fire?
6. On heathen Tribes, who know not Thee,
Thy wrathful Vengeance pour;
On impious Kingdoms, which thy Name
Ne'er rev'rence, and adore.
7. For they have greedily devour'd
Thy Fav'rite Jacob's Race;
Their Rage has utterly laid waste
His ancient dwelling Place.
Second Part
8. Mind not against us former Sins,
Let tender Mercy flow;
Our Ruin speedily prevent,
We're brought exceeding low.
9. Help us, O our Salvation's God,
For th' Honour of thy Name;
For thy Name's Sake, deliver us,
And purge our Souls from Blame.
l0. Why say the Heathen, "Where's their God?
Among the Nations spread
Thy Fame, in Vengeance, in our Sight,
For Blood of Saints they've shed.
11. O let, before thy Face, ascend
The sighing Pris'ner's Cry;
By thy great Pow'r, preserve the Sons
Of Death, condemn'd to die.
12. Into their Bosom seven-fold,
Our Neighbour's Spite reward,
And the Reproach, wherewith they have
Reproached Thee, O Lord.
13. Then we thy Flock, thy Pasture's Sheep,,
Will give thee Thanks always;
From Age to Age, we will shew forth
Our great Redeemer's Praise.
The Heathen, Lord, thy Heritage
Thou sov'reign Lord, that fill's the earth with dread
Appears in 1 hymnal Scripture: Psalm 79 Lyrics: 1 Thou sov'reign Lord, that fill'st our earth with dread,
Shall impious foes thy heritage invade?
Shall they thy sacred, solemn dome profane?
Shall o'er thy favour'd tribes destruction reign?
2 Dead are the pious souls that lov'd thy word,
Dead are they all, the victims of the sword:
They're to the wolves expos'd in open air;
Lo! their dismember'd limbs the vultures tear.
3 Round Salem's walls flow scarlet streams of blood,
As when the rains increase th' impetuous flood;
Their mangled carcasses unburied lie,
And not one friend that will a grave supply.
4 And both alike, the living and the dead,
A theme for laughter and contempt are made.
5 O gracious father, will thy dreadful ire
For ever rage, and shall it burn like fire?
6 Pour out thy fury rather on the race,
That not avow thy pow'r, thy law embrace:
Those impious kingdoms, blasphemously vain,
Who to invoke thy holy name disdain:
7 The ruin of thy people who resolve,
And in devouring flame their towns involve.
8 Recall not, Lord, our heinous crimes of yore,
And let thy wrath vindictive burn no more:
Quite overwhelm'd in killing woes we are;
Prevent us with thy love; in pity spare.
9 Why shou'd the heathen spread their taunts abroad,
And blasphemously cry, "Where is their God?"
10 To us extend thy clemency divine,
And let thy glory in our pardon shine:
Assert thyself O Lord, and 'fore our eyes
In all the terrors of thy vengeance rise;
Revenge the blood of innocence they've spilt,
And punish, punish their enormous guilt.
i1 Thy pow'r exert, to heal the captive's grief,
To give him, from his galling chains, relief;
Bid them in peace, in joy, in safety, breathe,
Who're destin'd by their cruel foes to death.
12 The vile reproach, the contumelies, that they
Cast on thy people, and on thee, repay;
O let a sev'n-fold punishment be theirs,
In our deliv'rance while thy pow'r appears;
13 While we, great shepherd, thy peculiar flock,
Make thee our whole support, our strength, our rock;
And, in thy pastures as we feed, display
Thy praise, thy pow'r, thy love, from day to day.
Thou sov'reign Lord, that fill's the earth with dread
How Long, O God, Will My Prayers Be in Vain?
Author: Barbara Hamm Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 1 hymnal Scripture: Psalm 79 Lyrics: 1 How long, O God, will my prayers be in vain?
Why must I languish in sorrow and pain?
Do not abandon a child you have made;
you are my shelter, my solace and shade.
2 When evil prospers and hope is long gone,
do not forsake me, your presence withdrawn.
Shield and protect those who call on your name;
you are my God, and your blessing I claim.
3 Early and late will my tongue sing your praise;
you will uphold me the length of my days.
You are a stronghold for all the oppressed;
hear us, O God! Let your people be blessed.
Topics: Grief; Healing; Lament Used With Tune: LAND OF MERCY
How Long, O God, Will My Prayers Be in Vain?
O God, on thine inheritance
Appears in 1 hymnal Scripture: Psalm 79 Topics: Rachel
O God, on thine inheritance
Jesus cares, he cares for you
Author: Robert Critchley, b. 1959 Appears in 1 hymnal Scripture: Psalm 79:5 First Line: My troubled soul, why so weighed down? Topics: Jesus Christ the Saviour: Lord of All; Conflict, Suffering and Doubt Used With Tune: [My troubled soul, why so weighed down]
Jesus cares, he cares for you
God the Nations Have Invaded
Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 1 hymnal Scripture: Psalm 79 Topics: Imprecatory Psalms; Israel; Persecution; Wrath Of God Used With Tune: O MEIN JESU, ICH MUSS STERBEN Text Sources: OPC/URCNA 2016
God the Nations Have Invaded
Psalm 32: I Turn to You, Lord
Author: Roy James Stewart Appears in 1 hymnal Scripture: Psalms 1-150 First Line: Happy the one whose sin is forgiven Refrain First Line: I turn to you, Lord, in times of trouble and you fill me Topics: 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B; Christian Initiation; Conversion; Evening; Forgiveness; Interfaith; Journey; Lent; Penance; Salvation; Sin; Suffering; Trial and Tribulation Used With Tune: [Happy the one whose sin is forgiven]
Psalm 32: I Turn to You, Lord
O God, into thy heritage
Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1 hymnal Scripture: Psalm 79 Lyrics: 1 O God, into thy heritage
the heathen entrance made;
thy holy place they have defiled,
on heaps Jerusalem laid.
2 Thy servants' bodies they have cast
to fowls of heaven for meat;
and of thy saints have thrown the flesh
to beasts of earth to eat.
3 Their blood about Jerusalem
like water they have shed;
and there was none to bury them
when they were slain and dead.
4 Unto our neighbours a reproach
most base become are we,
a scorn and laughing-stock to those
that round about us be.
5 How long, Lord, shall thine anger last?
Wilt thou still keep the same?
And shall thy fervent jealousy
burn like unto a flame?
6 Thy fury on the heathen pour
that have thee never known,
and on those kingdoms which thy name
have never called upon.
7 For these are they who have devoured
thy servant Jacob's race;
and they all waste and desolate
have made his dwelling-place.
8 Against us count not former sins,
thy tender mercies show;
let them prevent us speedily:
we are brought very low.
9 For thy name's glory help us, Lord,
who hast our Saviour been:
deliver us; for thy name's sake
O purge away our sin.
10 Why say the heathen, Where's their God?
Let him to them be known,
when those who shed ty servants' blood
are in our sight o'erthrown.
11 O let the prisoner's sighs ascend
before thy sight on high;
preserve thou in thy mighty power
those that are doomed to die.
12 And to our neighbours' bosom let
it sevenfold rendered be,
even the reproach wherewith they have
O Lord, reproached there.
13 So we, thy folk, and pasture-sheep,
shall give thee thanks always;
and unto generations all
we will show forth thy praise. Used With Tune: ST KILDA
O God, into thy heritage
O Give Thanks to the LORD (Yao gan-xie Shang-Zhu)
Author: I-to Loh; C. Michael Hawn Appears in 1 hymnal Scripture: Psalms 1-150 First Line: Yao gan-xie Shang-Zhu (O give thanks to the LORD) Topics: Biblical Narrative; God in Creation and Providence Creator; God in Creation and Providence Providence and Goodness; Psalm; Thanksgiving Used With Tune: MIHAMEK
O Give Thanks to the LORD (Yao gan-xie Shang-Zhu)
O God, the Nations Have Invaded
Appears in 1 hymnal Scripture: Psalm 79 First Line: O God, the nations have invaded your inheritance Topics: Despair; Desperation; Heathen; Hostility; Jerusalem; Temple; Violence Used With Tune: [O God, the nations have invaded your inheritance]
O God, the Nations Have Invaded
Why Should the Heathen Say
Appears in 1 hymnal Scripture: Psalm 79 First Line: How long, LORD, Will you be angry forever? Topics: Despair; Desperation; Heathen; Hostility; Jerusalem; Temple; Violence Used With Tune: [Why should the heathen say] Text Sources: Refrain: Common Worship
Why Should the Heathen Say
O God, the Heathen Have Attacked
Author: Christopher Idle Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 1 hymnal Scripture: Psalm 79 Lyrics: 1 O God, the heathen have attacked
your holy land, your house of prayer;
your city they have left a wreck,
your servants dead and dying there,
as if we had no God to help,
no King's defense, no Father's care.
2 LORD, will your anger never cease?
It overwhelms us like a flood,
while unbelieving nations round
deride our tears, our pain and blood.
But will you let them mock your name
and taunt us: "Now where is your God?"
3 Lord, listen to the pris'ners' groans,
set free the slaves condemned to die;
bring justice to this tortured world,
and, when you hear your people's cry,
we shall forever give you thanks
and sing your glory, God Most High!
Topics: Despair; Desperation; Heathen; Hostility; Jerusalem; Temple; Violence Used With Tune: VATER UNSER
O God, the Heathen Have Attacked
Thy Land, O Lord, the Heathen Have Invaded
Author: Rev. William Kuipers Meter: 11.11.11.11.6.6.7.6.6.7 Appears in 1 hymnal Scripture: Psalm 79 Topics: Confession of Sin; Deliverance From Enemies; God our Helper; Israel in Captivity; Persecution Of Believers Used With Tune: LAMENT
Thy Land, O Lord, the Heathen Have Invaded
