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O Thou Whose Power
Author: Samuel Johnson (1709-1784); Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius (475?-525) Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 79 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 77 First Line: O Thou whose power o’er moving worlds presides Lyrics: 1 O Thou whose power o'er moving worlds presides,
whose voice created, and whose wisdom guides,
on darkened souls in pure effulgence shine,
and cheer the clouded mind with light divine.
2 'Tis thine alone to calm the pious breast
with silent confidence and holy rest.
From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend --
path, motive, guide, original, and end.
Topics: Healing Used With Tune: SONG 4
O Thou Whose Power
God of the Ages, Whose Almighty Hand
Author: Daniel Crane Roberts Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 419 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 77:14 Lyrics: 1 God of the ages, whose almighty hand
leads forth in beauty all the starry band
of shining worlds in splendor through the skies,
our grateful songs before thy throne arise.
2 Thy love divine hath led us in the past.
In this free land by thee our lot is cast.
Be thou our ruler, guardian, guide, and stay:
thy word our law, thy paths our chosen way.
3 From war's alarms, from deadly pestilence,
be thy strong arm our ever sure defense.
Thy true religion in our hearts increase.
Thy bounteous goodness nourish us in peace.
4 Refresh thy people on their toilsome way.
Lead us from night to never-ending day.
Fill all our lives with love and grace divine,
and glory, laud, and praise be ever thine.
Topics: Adoration; Guidance; The Life of the Nations; Love of God for Us; World Peace Used With Tune: NATIONAL HYMN
God of the Ages, Whose Almighty Hand
Al Rey adorad
Author: Robert Grant; S. L. Hernández Meter: 10.10.11.11 Appears in 10 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 77:13-20 First Line: Al Rey adorad, grandioso Señor Lyrics: 1 Al Rey adorad, grandioso Señor,
y con gratitud cantad de su amor.
Anciano de días, el gran Defensor,
de gloria vestido, le damos loor.
2 Decid de su amor, su gracia cantad;
vestido de luz y de majestad.
Su carro de fuego en las nubes mirad;
son negras sus huellas en la tempestad.
3 ¿Quién puede tu providencia contar?
pues tu aire me das para respirar.
En valles y en montes alumbra tu luz,
y con gran dulzura me cuida Jesús.
4 Muy frágiles son los hombres aquí,
mas por tu bondad confiamos en ti.
Tu misericordia ¡cuán firme! ¡cuán fiel!
Creador, Salvador y Amigo es él. Topics: Adoración; Worship; Amor de Dios; Love Of God; Apertura del Culto; Opening of Worship; Creación; Creation; Cristo Su Reinado; Christ His Reign; Majestad Divina; Divine Majesty; Nombres de Dios; Names of God; Testimonio del Cristiano; Christian's Testimony Used With Tune: LYONS Text Sources: Basada en el Salmo 104
Al Rey adorad
How Great Thou Art
Author: Stuart K. Hine (1899-1989); Carl Gustav Boberg (1859-1940) Meter: 11.10.11.10 with refrain Appears in 137 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 77 First Line: O Lord my God, when I in awesome wonder Refrain First Line: Then sings my soul, my Saviour God, to thee Topics: Creation; Creation; Evangelism; Praise of God; Reign of Christ; Salvation/Redemption Used With Tune: HOW GREAT THOU ART Text Sources: Swedish text
How Great Thou Art
God the Omnipotent! King who ordainest
Author: Henry Fothergill Chorley (1808-1872); John Ellerton (1826-1893) Meter: 11.10.11.9 Appears in 203 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 77:16-19 Lyrics: 1 God the Omnipotent! King who ordainest
great winds thy clarions, lightnings thy sword:
show forth thy pity on high where thou reignest:
give to us peace in our time, O Lord.
2 God the All-merciful! earth hath forsaken
meekness and mercy, and slighted thy word;
bid not thy wrath in its terrors awaken;
give to us peace in our time, O Lord.
3 God, the All-righteous One! we have defied thee;
yet to eternity standeth thy word;
falsehood and wrong shall not tarry beside thee;
give to us peace in our time, O Lord.
4 God the All-wise! by the fire of thy chastening,
earth shall to freedom and truth be restored;
through the thick darkness thy Kingdom is hastening;
thou wilt give peace in thy time, O Lord.
5 So shall thy children, with thankful devotion,
praise him who saved them from peril and sword,
singing in chorus, from ocean to ocean,
peace to the nations, and praise to the Lord. Topics: The Church Celebrates National Life; Our Response to God in intercession and petition; God in judgement and justice; Kingdom of God; Nation and Society; Peace; Remembrance Sunday; Word of God Used With Tune: RUSSIA
God the Omnipotent! King who ordainest
Let's sing to the Lord, yes, sing God a new song
Author: Gerhard M. Cartford Meter: 11.11.11.10 Appears in 22 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 77:14 Topics: Adoration Of God; Church Worship; Multi-cultrual and World-church Songs Used With Tune: CANTAD AL SEÑOR Text Sources: Brazilian folk song
Let's sing to the Lord, yes, sing God a new song
This Is a Time to Remember
Author: Bryan Jeffery Leech, 1931- Meter: 14.14.14.14 Appears in 3 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 77:11 First Line: This is a time to remember the greatness of the Lord Topics: Anniversaries; Promise & Hope Used With Tune: DUDLEY
This Is a Time to Remember
O Lord, Hear My Prayer
Author: The Community of Taizé Meter: 5.5.6 D Appears in 45 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 77:1-6 Topics: Death and Dying; God's Hope; Hymns That Are Prayer; Elements of Worship Offering Our Prayers Used With Tune: HEAR MY PRAYER
O Lord, Hear My Prayer
Thy way is in the sea
Author: Fawcett Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 22 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 77:19 Lyrics: 1 Thy way is in the sea;
Thy paths we can not trace;
Nor solve, O Lord, the mystery
Of thy unbounded grace.
2 Here the dark veils of sense
Our captive souls surround;
Mysterious deeps of providence
Our wandering thoughts confound.
3 As through a glass we see
The wonders of thy love;
How little do we know of thee,
Or of the joys above!
Topics: Attributes of God Providence; God's Hidden Ways
Thy way is in the sea
In time of tribulation
Author: James Montgomery Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 44 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 77 Lyrics:
In time of tribulation,
Hear, Lord, my feeble cries,
With humble supplication
To Thee my spirit flies:
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My heart with grief is breaking,
Scarce can my voice complain;
Mine eyes, with tears kept waking,
Still watch and weep in vain.
The days of old, in vision,
Bring vanish'd bliss to view;
The years of lost fruition
Their joys in pangs renew;
Remember'd songs of gladness,
Through night's lone silence brought,
Strike notes of deeper sadness,
And stir desponding thought.
Hath God cast off for ever?
Can time His truth impair?
His tender mercy, never
Shall I presume to share?
Hath He His loving-kindness
Shut up in endless wrath?
No;--this is my own blindness,
That cannot see His path.
I call to recollection
The years of His right hand,
And, strong in His protection,
Again through faith I stand:
Thy deeds, O Lord! are wonder,
Holy are all Thy ways,
The secret place of thunder
Shall utter forth Thy praise.
Thee, with the tribes assembled,
O God! the billows saw;
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They saw Thee, and they trembled,
Turn'd, and stood still with awe:
The clouds shot hail--they lighten'd,
The earth reel'd to and fro;
The fiery pillar brighten'd
The gulph of gloom below.
Thy way is in great waters,
Thy footsteps are not known;
Let Adam's sons and daughters
Confide in Thee alone:
Through the wild sea Thou leddest
Thy chosen flock of yore;
Still on the waves Thou treadest,
And Thy redeem'd pass o'er.
Topics: Despondency corrected; Past and present
In time of tribulation
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 77:20 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
Ere another step I take
Author: A. L. Waring Meter: 7.7.7.7 Appears in 1 hymnal Scripture: Psalm 77:6 Lyrics:
Ere another step I take
In my wilful wandering way,
Still I have a choice to make —
Shall I alter while I may?
Patient love is waiting still
In my Savior's heart for me;
Love to bend my froward will,
Love to make me really free.
Far from Him, what can I gain?
Want and shame, and bondage vile —
Better far to bear the pain
Of His yoke a little while.
Soon I might its comfort find;
Soon my thankful heart might cry,
“In Thy meek obedient mind,
As Thou walkest so would I.”
In His paths what could I lack?
God's own hand my cup would fill;
Hark! my Savior calls me back —
Shall I turn with all my will?
Still His wisdom I may get —
Learn to labor while I pray.
Striving till my feet be set
Firmly in the narrow way.
Ere another step I take
I Refused to be Comforted Easily
Author: John L. Bell, b. 1949 Meter: 7.7.9.7.7.9.11.9.11.9 Appears in 1 hymnal Scripture: Psalm 77 First Line: In complete desperation Topics: Affliction; Biblical Names and Places Aaron; Biblical Names and Places Jacob; Biblical Names and Places Joseph; Biblical Names and Places Moses; Despair; Doubt; Earth; Elements of Worship Confession (Individual); Elements of Worship Lord's Supper; God as Shepherd; God's Faithfulness; God's Majesty; God's Name; God's People (flock, sheep); God's Power; God's Promise of Redemption; Hopelessness; Jesus Christ Way, Truth, and Life; Lament Individual; Mercy; Remembering; Return from Exile; Salvation; Year C, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, June 26-July 2 Used With Tune: DE JAREN
I Refused to be Comforted Easily
God, I Cry Aloud For Help
Author: Christopher M. Idle Meter: 7.7.9.9 Appears in 1 hymnal Scripture: Psalm 77 First Line: [God, I Cry Aloud For Help] Text Sources: Light Upon the River (Hope Publishing Company,, 1998)
God, I Cry Aloud For Help
How shall I sing that majesty
Author: John Mason, 1646-1694 Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 40 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 77:19 Lyrics: 1 How shall I sing that majesty
which angels do admire?
Let dust in dust and silence lie;
sing, sing, ye heavenly choir.
Thousands of thousands stand around
thy throne, O God most high;
ten thousand times ten thousand sound
thy praise; but who am I?
2 Thy brightness unto them appears,
whilst I thy footsteps trace;
a sound of God comes to my ears,
but they behold thy face:
I shall, I fear, be dark and cold,
with all my fire and light;
yet when thou dost accept their gold,
Lord, treasure up my mite.
3 Enlighten with faith's light my heart,
inflame it with love's fire;
then shall I sing and bear a part
with that celestial choir.
They sing, because thou art their sun;
Lord, send a beam on me;
for where heaven is but once begun
there alleluias be.
4 How great a being, Lord, is thine,
which doth all beings keep!
Thy knowledge is the only line
to sound so vast a deep:
thou art a sea without a shore,
a sun without a sphere;
thy time is now and evermore,
thy place is everywhere. Topics: St. Michael and All Angels Used With Tune: COE FEN
How shall I sing that majesty
I Cried Aloud to God for Help
Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 2 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 77 Topics: God As Deliverer; God Greatness of ; God As Shepherd; Miracles; Prayer Used With Tune: RESIGNATION Text Sources: OPC/URCNA 2016
I Cried Aloud to God for Help
Psalm 77: Unto the Lord I with my voice
Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 4 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 77 First Line: Unto the Lord I with my voice Lyrics:
1Unto the Lord I with my voice,
I unto God did cry;
Ev’n with my voice, and unto me
his ear he did apply.
2I in my trouble sought the Lord,
my sore by night did run,
And ceased not; my grieved soul
did consolation shun.
3I to remembrance God did call,
yet trouble did remain;
And overwhelm’d my spirit was,
whilst I did sore complain.
4Mine eyes, debarr’d from rest and sleep,
thou makest still to wake;
My trouble is so great that I
unable am to speak.
5The days of old to mind I call’d,
and oft did think upon
The times and ages that are past
full many years agone.
6By night my song I call to mind,
and commune with my heart;
My sp’rit did carefully enquire
how I might ease my smart.
7For ever will the Lord cast off,
and gracious be no more?
8For ever is his mercy gone?
fails his word evermore?
9Is’t true that to be gracious
the Lord forgotten hath?
And that his tender mercies he
hath shut up in his wrath?
10Then did I say, That surely this
is mine infirmity:
I’ll mind the years of the right hand
of him that is most High.
11Yea, I remember will the works
performed by the Lord:
The wonders done of old by thee
I surely will record.
12I also will of all thy works
my meditation make;
And of thy doings to discourse
great pleasure I will take.
13O God, thy way most holy is
within thy sanctuary;
And what god is so great in pow’r
as is our God most high?
14Thou art the God that wonders do’st
by thy right hand most strong:
Thy mighty pow’r thou hast declar’d
the nations among.
15To thine own people with thine arm
thou didst redemption bring;
To Jacob’s sons, and to the tribes
of Joseph that do spring.
16The waters, Lord, perceived thee,
the waters saw thee well;
And they for fear aside did flee;
the depths on trembling fell.
17The clouds in water forth were pour’d,
sound loudly did the sky;
And swiftly through the world abroad
thine arrows fierce did fly.
18Thy thunder’s voice alongst the heav’n
a mighty noise did make;
By lightnings lighten’d was the world,
th’ earth tremble did and shake.
19Thy way is in the sea, and in
the waters great thy path;
Yet are thy footsteps hid, O Lord;
none knowledge thereof hath.
20Thy people thou didst safely lead,
like to a flock of sheep;
By Moses’ hand and Aaron’s thou
didst them conduct and keep.
Psalm 77: Unto the Lord I with my voice
Psalm 77 Part 1
Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 55 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 77 First Line: To God I cried with mournful voice Lyrics:
To God I cried with mournful voice,
I sought his gracious ear,
In the sad day when troubles rose,
And filled the night with fear.
Sad were my days, and dark my nights,
My soul refused relief;
I thought on God the just and wise,
But thoughts increased my grief.
Still I complained, and still oppressed,
My heart began to break;
My God, thy wrath forbade my rest,
And kept my eyes awake.
My overwhelming sorrows grew,
Till I could speak no more;
Then I within myself withdrew,
And called thy judgments o'er.
I called back years and ancient times
When I beheld thy face;
My spirit searched for secret crimes
That might withhold thy grace.
I called thy mercies to my mind
Which I enjoyed before;
And will the Lord no more be kind?
His face appear no more?
Will he for ever cast me off?
His promise ever fail?
Has he forgot his tender love?
Shall anger still prevail?
But I forbid this hopeless thought;
This dark, despairing frame,
Rememb'ring what thy hand hath wrought;
Thy hand is still the same.
I'll think again of all thy ways,
And talk thy wonders o'er;
Thy wonders of recovering grace,
When flesh could hope no more.
Grace dwells with justice on the throne;
And men that love thy word
Have in thy sanctuary known
The counsels of the Lord.
Topics: Afflictions hope in them; Hope in darkness; Afflictions very great; Comfort from ancient providences; Israel saved from Egypt, and brought to Canaan; Melancholy and hope; Patience in darkness; Providence recorded; Remembrance of former deliverances
Psalm 77 Part 1
Psalm 77 Part 2
Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 30 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 77 First Line: How awful is thy chast'ning rod! Lyrics:
"How awful is thy chast'ning rod!"
May thy own children say:
"The great, the wise, the dreadful God!
How holy is his way !"
I'll meditate his works of old,
The King that reigns above;
I'll hear his ancient wonders told,
And learn to trust his love.
Long did the house of Joseph lie
With Egypt's yoke oppressed;
Long he delayed to hear their cry,
or gave his people rest.
The sons of good old Jacob seemed
Abandoned to their foes;
But his almighty arm redeemed
The nation that he chose.
Isr'el, his people and his sheep,
Must follow where he calls;
He bade them venture through the deep,
And made the waves their walls.
The waters saw thee, mighty God!
The waters saw thee come;
Backward they fled, and frighted stood,
To make thine armies room.
Strange was thy journey through the sea
Thy footsteps, Lord, unknown;
Terrors attend the wondrous way
That brings thy mercies down.
[Thy voice, with terror in the sound,
Through clouds and darkness broke;
All heav'n in lightning shone around,
And earth with thunder shook.
Thine arrows through the skies were hurled;
How glorious is the Lord!
Surprise and trembling seized the world,
And his own saints adored.
He gave them water from the rock,
And safe, by Moses' hand,
Through a dry desert led his flock
Home to the promised land.]
Topics: Afflictions hope in them; Hope in darkness; Afflictions very great; Comfort from ancient providences; Israel saved from Egypt, and brought to Canaan; Melancholy and hope; Patience in darkness; Providence recorded; Remembrance of former deliverances
Psalm 77 Part 2
God Moves in a Mysterious Way
Author: William Cowper Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,129 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 77:19 Lyrics: 1 God moves in a mysterious way
his wonders to perform.
He plants his footsteps in the sea
and rides upon the storm.
2 Deep in unfathomable mines
of never-failing skill,
he treasures up his bright designs
and works his sovereign will.
3 You fearful saints, fresh courage take;
the clouds you so much dread
are big with mercy and shall break
in blessings on your head.
4 His purposes will ripen fast,
unfolding every hour.
The bud may have a bitter taste,
but sweet will be the flower.
5 Blind unbelief is sure to err
and scan his work in vain.
God is his own interpreter,
and he will make it plain.
Topics: Comfort & Encouragement; Will of God; Creation and Providence; Assurance; Comfort & Encouragement; Creation; Holy Spirit; Mercy; Will of God; Wisdom Used With Tune: DUNDEE
God Moves in a Mysterious Way
Lord, Teach Us How to Pray Aright
Author: James Montgomery Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 222 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 77:7-8 Lyrics: 1 Lord, teach us how to pray aright
with rev'rence and with fear;
though weak and sinful in thy sight,
we may, we must draw near.
2 We perish if we cease from prayer:
O grant us power to pray;
and when to meet thee we prepare,
Lord, meet us by the way.
3 Give deep humility, the sense
of godly sorrow give;
a strong dsiring confidence
to hear thy voice and live;
4 faith in the only sacrifice
that can for sin atone,
to cast our hopes, to fix our eyes
on Christ, and Christ alone:
5 patience to watch, and wait, and weep
though mercy long delay;
courage, our fainting souls to keep
and trust thee though thou slay:
6 give these--and then thy will be done;
thus, strengthened with all might,
we by thy Spirit and thy Son,
shall pray, and pray aright.
Topics: Faith and Aspiration; Jesus Christ Teachings Used With Tune: GLENLUCE
Lord, Teach Us How to Pray Aright
I Thought upon the Days of Old
Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 8 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 77 Topics: Backsliding; Doubt; Meditation; Patience; Works of God ; Faithfulness, God's Used With Tune: SAXONY (Kirkpatrick)
I Thought upon the Days of Old
Come, Holy Spirit, Heavenly Dove! With all thy quickening powers
Author: Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,218 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 77:7-9 Lyrics: 1 Come, Holy Spirit, Heavenly Dove!
With all thy quickening powers;
Kindle a flame of heavenly love
In these cold hearts of ours.
2 Look, how we grovel here below,
Fond of these trifling toys;
Our souls can neither fly nor go
To reach eternal joys.
3 In vain we tune our formal songs,
In vain we strive to rise;
Hosannas languish on our tongues,
And our devotion dies.
4 Dear Lord! and shall we ever live
At this poor dying rate?
Our love so faint, so cold to thee,
And thine to us so great?
5 Come, Holy Spirit, Heavenly Dove,
With all thy quickening powers;
Come, shed abroad a Saviour's love,
And that shall kindle ours. Topics: The Christian Life Declension and Renewal; Invocation for Spiritual Help
Come, Holy Spirit, Heavenly Dove! With all thy quickening powers
Why should this earth delight us so?
Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 37 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 77 Lyrics:
Why should this earth delight us so?
Why should we fix our eyes
On these low grounds where sorrows grow,
And every pleasure dies ?
While time his sharpest teeth prepares
Our comforts to devour,
There is a land above the stars,
And joys above his power.
Nature shall be dissolved and die,
The sun must end his race,
The earth and sea for ever fly
Before my Savior's face.
When will that glorious morning rise?
When the last trumpet sound,
And call the nations to the skies,
From underneath the ground?
Topics: Afflictions hope in them; Hope in darkness; Afflictions very great; Comfort from ancient providences; Israel saved from Egypt, and brought to Canaan; Melancholy and hope; Patience in darkness; Providence recorded; Remembrance of former deliverances
Why should this earth delight us so?
Long have I sat beneath the sound
Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 162 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 77 Lyrics:
Long have I sat beneath the sound
Of thy salvation, Lord;
But still how weak my faith is found,
And knowledge of thy word!
Oft I frequent thy holy place,
And hear almost in vain;
How small a portion of thy grace
My memory can retain!
[My dear Almighty, and my God,
How little art thou known
By all the judgments of thy rod,
And blessings of thy throne!]
How cold and feeble is my love!
How negligent my fear!
How low my hope of joys above!
How few affections there!
Great God! thy sovereign power impart
To give thy word success;
Write thy salvation in my heart,
And make me learn thy grace.
[Show my forgetful feet the way
That leads to joys on high;
There knowledge grows without decay,
And love shall never die.]
Topics: Afflictions hope in them; Hope in darkness; Afflictions very great; Comfort from ancient providences; Israel saved from Egypt, and brought to Canaan; Melancholy and hope; Patience in darkness; Providence recorded; Remembrance of former deliverances
Long have I sat beneath the sound
I sing th'almighty power of God
Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 471 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 77:11-14 Topics: God: Being, Attributes; Creation; Nature Light of; Nature, the Material Universe God seen in
I sing th'almighty power of God
Grace dwells with justice on your throne
Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1 hymnal Scripture: Psalm 77 Lyrics: Grace dwells with justice on your throne,
and those who love your word
have heard your wisdom, and have known
your heavenly counsels, Lord.
I'll think again of all your ways,
and talk your wonders o'er: —
the wonders of recovering grace,
when flesh could hope no more.
I will forbid a hopeless thought,
some dark, despairing claim,
remembering good your hand has wrought;
your hand is still the same!
I'll meditate your works of old;
our God, who reigns above;
I'll hear your ancient wonders told,
and learn to trust your love.
Used With Tune: SOVEREIGN POWER Text Sources: Psalm 77, 1st and 2nd Parts, alt
Grace dwells with justice on your throne
Through all the changing scenes of life
Author: Nahum Tate, 1652-1715; Nicholas Brady, 1659-1726 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 474 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 77:11-20 Topics: Conflict, Suffering and Doubt Used With Tune: WILTSHIRE
Through all the changing scenes of life
My voice I will lift up to God
Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1 hymnal Scripture: Psalm 77:1-9 Lyrics: 1 My voice I will lift up to God,
I'll cry to God nor spare;
my voice I will lift up to God,
and he will hear my prayer.
2 In day of woe I sought the Lord;
by night in ceaseless grief
my hand was stretched out to him;
my soul refused relief.
3 I to remembrance God do call,
and then I sigh and mourn;
I with myself commune, my heart
with grief is overborne.
4 Thou dost deny mine eyelids sleep,
withhold the rest I seek;
my trouble is so great that I
unable am to speak.
5 I thought on days and years of old,
recalled my song by night;
6 I with my heart communed, my soul
made earnest search for light.
7 For ever will the Lord cast off,
and gracious be no more?
8 For ever is his mercy gone?
Fails his word evermore?
9 Is't so that to be gracious
the Lord forgotten hath;
and that his tender mercies he
hath shut up in his wrath?
Used With Tune: ELGIN
My voice I will lift up to God
Then said I, This my weakness is
Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1 hymnal Scripture: Psalm 77:10-20 Lyrics: 10 Then said I, This my weakness is;
but call to mind will I
the years of the right hand of him
who is the Lord most high.
11 Yea, I remember will the works
performed by the Lord:
the wonders done of old by thee
I surely will record.
12 Upon thy doings I will muse,
on thy works meditate;
13 most holy is thy way, O God:
what God like thee is great?
14 Thou art the God that wonders dost
by thy right hand most strong:
thy mighty power thou hast declared
the nations all among.
15 To thine own people with thine arm
thou didst redemption bring;
to Jacob's sons, and to the tribes
of Joseph that do spring.
16 The waters did thee see, O God,
the waters did thee see;
the depths thereof were troubled all,
for fear aside did flee.
17 The clouds in water forth were poured,
sound loudly did the sky,
and swiftly through the world abroad
thine arrows fierce did fly.
18 Thy thunder's voice along the heaven
a mighty noise did make;
thy lightings lighten did the world,
earth trembled and did shake.
19 Thy way is in the sea, and in
the waters great thy path;
thy footsteps hidden are, O Lord,
none knowledge thereof hath.
20 Thy people thou didst safely lead,
like to a flock of sheep;
by Moses' hand and Aaron's thou
didst them conduct and keep.
Used With Tune: ST NICHOLAS
Then said I, This my weakness is
Praise the Lord! You heavens, adore him
Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 752 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 77:8 Topics: Praise and Thanksgiving Used With Tune: AUSTRIA Text Sources: Foundling Hospital Hymns, c. 1796
Praise the Lord! You heavens, adore him
Lord, you sometimes speak in wonders
Author: Christopher Martin Idle (b. 1938) Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 6 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 77:14 Lyrics: 1 Lord, you sometimes speak in wonders,
unmistakable and clear,
mighty signs to prove your presence,
overcoming doubt and fear.
2 Lord, you sometimes speak in whispers,
still and small and scarcely heard;
only those who want to listen
catch the all-important word.
3 Lord, you sometimes speak in silence,
through our loud and noisy day:
we can know and trust you better
when we quietly wait and pray.
4 Lord, you often speak in Scripture,
words that summon from the page,
shown and taught us by your Spirit
with fresh light for every age.
5 Lord, you always speak in Jesus,
always new yet still the same:
teach us now more of our Saviour,
make our lives display his Name. Topics: The Holy Spirit in the Church Illumination of God's Word; Jesus incarnation; Scripture; Word of God Used With Tune: STUTTGART
Lord, you sometimes speak in wonders
Sitting in the twilight musing on the days that come and go
Meter: 8.7 Appears in 1 hymnal Scripture: Psalm 77:12
Sitting in the twilight musing on the days that come and go
I Cried Out to God to Help Me
Author: Helen Otte Meter: 8.8.7.7 D Appears in 2 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 77 Topics: Biblical Names & Places Egypt; Deliverance; Doubt; Afflictions; Biblical Names & Places Egypt; Confession of Sin; Deliverance; Doubt; Mercy; Providence; Wisdom Used With Tune: GENEVAN 77
I Cried Out to God to Help Me
In My Grievous Tribulation
Author: William Kuipers Meter: 8.8.7.7 D Appears in 2 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 77 Topics: Backsliding; Doubt; Faithfulness, God's; Holiness Of God Used With Tune: REMEMBRANCE
In My Grievous Tribulation
Hear my Cry, O God, and Save Me!
Author: Michael Morgan Meter: 8.8.7.7 D Appears in 4 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 77 Topics: Affliction; Biblical Names and Places Aaron; Biblical Names and Places Jacob; Biblical Names and Places Joseph; Biblical Names and Places Moses; Despair; Doubt; Earth; Elements of Worship Confession (Individual); Elements of Worship Lord's Supper; God as Shepherd; God's Faithfulness; God's Majesty; God's Name; God's People (flock, sheep); God's Power; God's Promise of Redemption; Hopelessness; Jesus Christ Way, Truth, and Life; Lament Individual; Mercy; Remembering; Return from Exile; Salvation; Year C, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, June 26-July 2 Used With Tune: GENEVAN 77
Hear my Cry, O God, and Save Me!
I Cried Out For God to Help Me
Author: David T Koyzis Meter: 8.8.7.7.8.8.7.7 Appears in 1 hymnal Scripture: Psalm 77 First Line: [I Cried Out For God to Help Me] Text Sources: David T. Koyzis (http://genevanpsalter.redeemer.ca/index.html)
I Cried Out For God to Help Me
O God, Most Holy Are Your Ways
Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 6 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 77:13-20 Lyrics: 1 O God, most holy are your ways,
and who like you deserves my praise?
You only do such wondrous things,
the whole wide world your glory sings;
your outstretched arm your people saved,
though sore distressed and long enslaved.
2 O God, from you the waters fled,
the depths were moved with mighty dread,
the swelling clouds their torrents poured,
and o'er the earth the tempest roared;
'mid lightning's flash and thunder's sound
great trembling shook the solid ground.
3 Your way was in the sea, O God,
through mighty waters, deep and broad.
None understood but God alone,
to man your footsteps were unknown;
but safe your people you did keep,
almighty Shepherd of your sheep.
Topics: God His Power; God Holiness of; God Works of; Miracles Used With Tune: VATER UNSER Text Sources: The Psalter, 1912; alt. 1990, mod.
O God, Most Holy Are Your Ways
To God Will I Direct My Prayer
Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 5 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 77 Topics: Backsliding; Doubt; Hearer Of Prayer, God The; Patience Used With Tune: FILLMORE (Ingalls)
To God Will I Direct My Prayer
Who is a pardoning God like thee
Author: Samuel Davies, 1723-1761 Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 107 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 77:14 First Line: Great God of wonders, all thy ways Lyrics: 1 Great God of wonders, all thy ways
are matchless, God-like and divine;
but the fair glories of thy grace
more God-like and unrivaled shine:
Refrain:
Who is a pardoning God like thee,
or who has grace so rich and free?
2 Such dire offences to forgive,
such guilty rebel souls to spare;
this is thy grand prerogative,
and none shall in the honour share: [Refrain]
3 In wonder lost, with trembling joy,
we take the pardon of our God,
pardon for sins of deepest dye,
a pardon sealed with Jesus' blood: [Refrain]
4 O may this glorious matchless love,
this God-like miracle of grace,
teach mortal tongues, like those above,
to raise this song of lofty praise: [Refrain] Topics: Proper 10 Year B; Third Sunday Before Advent Year C Used With Tune: VATER UNSER
Who is a pardoning God like thee
His way is in the sea
Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 51 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 77:19 First Line: Lord of the wide extensive main Topics: Mariners
His way is in the sea
Give to Our God Immortal Praise
Author: Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 321 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 77:9 Lyrics: 1 Give to our God immortal praise;
mercy and truth are all his ways:
wonders of grace to God belong;
repeat his mercies in your song.
2 He built the earth, he spread the sky,
and fixed the starry lights on high:
wonders of grace to God belong;
repeat his mercies in your song.
3 He fills the sun with morning light;
he bids the moon direct the night:
his mercies ever shall endure,
when suns and moons shall shine no more.
4 He sent His Son with power to save
from guilt and darkness and the grave:
wonders of grace to God belong;
repeat his mercies in your song.
5 Through this vast world he guides our feet,
and leads us to his heavenly seat:
his mercies ever shall endure,
when this our world shall be no more. Used With Tune: DUKE STREET
Give to Our God Immortal Praise
Doubts Overcome by Faith
Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 5 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 77 First Line: To God for help will I repair Lyrics: 1 To God for help will I repair,
To God will I direct my prayer,
And surely He will answer me,
His great salvation I shall see.
2 In long-continued grief I stand
And seek the Lord with outstretched hand;
I find no comfort for my soul
the clouds of darkness o'er me roll.
3 I think of God and call to mind
His goodness, yet no peace I find;
I still pour out my sad complaints,
My burdened spirit almost faints.
4 With sleepless eyes and speechless grief
I search the past to find relief,
The former years when days were bright
And songs of gladness cheered my night.
5 My constant meditations bring
My heart to anxious questioning:
Has God cast off, and will He be
No longer merciful to me?
6 Has God forgotten to be kind?
Shall I His promise faithless find?
For me shall wrath henceforth replace
His tender mercies and His grace?
7 In weakness I was pressed with fear,
But better hopes my spirit cheer;
Past mercies lead me to rely
Upon the help of God Most High.
8 Thy deeds, O Lord, will I relate
And on thy wonders meditate;
Thy way, O God, is just and right,
And none is like to Thee in might.
9 Among the nations Thou hast shown
Thy wondrous power and made it known;
Thou art the God that mightily
Redeemed and set Thy people free.
10 At sight of Thee the waters fled,
The quaking clouds their torrents shed,
The lightnings flashed, the thunder pealed,
The trembling earth her fear revealed.
11 Thy way, O God, was in the sea,
But, though Thy paths mysterious be,
Thy people Thou didst safely keep
As shepherds lead their helpless sheep.
Topics: Afflictions Many and Severe; Afflictions Prayer in; Christ Power of; Christians Conflicts of; Comfort in Trials; Covenant Keeping; Despondency; God Adored and Exalted; God Attributes of; God Glorious; God Hearer of Prayer; God Works of; Hope; Meditation; Miracles; Nature Revelation of God in; Patience; Praise for temporal blessings; Praise For Works of Creation; Praise For Work of Redemption; Preservation; The Righteous Forsaken by God; Royalty of Christ Guarantee of Salvation; Salvation God's Gift; The Sea; Spiritual Darkness Used With Tune: SESSIONS
Doubts Overcome by Faith
Hath God forgotten to be kind
Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 9 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 77:5 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
God is a name my soul adores
Author: Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 82 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 77:19 Lyrics: 1 God is a name my soul adores,
the almighty Three, the eternal One;
nature and grace with all their powers
confess the infinite unknown.
2 Thy voice produced the sea and spheres,
bade the waves roar, the planets shine;
but nothing like thyself appears
through all these spacious works of thine.
3 Still restless nature dies and grows;
from change to change the creatures run:
thy being no succession knows,
and all thy vast designs are one.
4 A glance of thine runs through the globe.
rules the bright worlds and moves their frame;
of light thou form'st thy dazzling robe.
thy ministers are living flame.
5 How shall polluted mortals dare
to sing thy glory or thy grace?
Beneath thy feet we lie afar,
and see but shadows of thy face.
6 Who can behold the blazing light?
Who can approach consuming flame?
None but thy wisdom knows thy might,
none but thy word can speak thy name. Topics: Creation Used With Tune: BRESLAU
God is a name my soul adores
Come, gracious Spirit, heavenly dove
Author: Simon Browne, 1680-1732 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 602 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 77:13 Lyrics: 1 Come, gracious Spirit, heavenly dove,
with light and comfort from above;
come, be our guardian and our guide;
o'er every thought and step preside.
2 The light of truth to us display
and make us know and choose your way;
plant holy fear in every heart,
that we from God may not depart.
3 Lead us to Christ, the living Way,
nor let us from his pastures stray:
lead us to holiness, the road
that we must take to dwell with God.
4 Lead us to heaven, that we may share
fullness of joy for ever there;
lead us to God, our eternal rest,
to be with God for ever blest. Topics: Comfort; Consummation in Christ; Guidance; Heaven; Holiness; Holy Spirit; Invocation; Pilgrimage; The way; Truth Used With Tune: GALILEE
Come, gracious Spirit, heavenly dove
New Songs of Celebration Render
Author: Erik Routley (1917-1972); Roger Chapal (1912-) Meter: 9.8.9.8 D Appears in 32 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 77 First Line: New songs of celebration render (Entonnons un nouveau cantique) Topics: Arts and Music; Arts and Music; Creation; Creation; Gathering of the Community; Gathering of the Community; Praise of God; Psalm 100 Used With Tune: RENDEZ À DIEU
New Songs of Celebration Render
Wise men, they came to look for wisdom
Author: Christopher Martin Idle (b. 1938) Meter: 9.8.9.8.8.8 Appears in 8 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 77:6 Lyrics: 1 Wise men, they came to look for wisdom,
finding one wiser than they knew;
rich men, they met with one yet richer--
King of the kings, they knelt to you:
Jesus, our wisdom from above,
wealth and redemption, life and love.
2 Pilgrims they were, from unknown countries,
searching for one who knows the world;
lost are their names, and strange their journeys,
famed is their zeal to find the child:
Jesus, in you the lost are claimed,
aliens are found and known and named.
3 Magi, they stooped to see your splendor,
led by a star to light supreme;
promised Messiah, Lord eternal,
glory and peace are in your name:
Joy of each day, our song by night,
shine on our path your holy light.
4 Guests of their God, they opened treasures,
incense and gold and solemn myrrh;
welcoming one too young to question
how came these gifts, and what they were:
Gift beyond price of gold or gem,
make among us your Bethlehem. Topics: Life in Christ Christ Incarnate - Christmas and Epiphany; Christian Year Season of Epiphany Used With Tune: NEUMARK
Wise men, they came to look for wisdom
I cried out for heaven to hear me
Author: Michael Perry, 1942-1996 Meter: 9.8.9.8 Appears in 1 hymnal Scripture: Psalm 77 Lyrics: 1 I cried out for heaven to hear me,
I reached out to God for my help,
no counsel or comfort would cheer me,
my spirit abandoned all hope.
2 But in my despair I remembered
the songs of a long time ago,
and dreamed of the majesty splendoured
of God the almighty, the true:
3 you spoke in the wind and the thunder,
the earth and the elements shook;
your power tore the waters asunder,
as Shepherd, you guided your flock.
Topics: Exodus; God Images (Shepherd); Lament; Metrical Psalms; Storm Used With Tune: HARVEST
I cried out for heaven to hear me
There's No God as Great
Meter: Irregular Appears in 11 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 77:13-14 First Line: There's no god as great as you, O Lord (No hay dios tan grande como tú) Lyrics: There's no god as great as you, O Lord,
O Lord, my God.
There's no god as great as you, O Lord,
O Lord, my God.
There's no god who works the mighty wonders,
all the wonders that you do.
There's no god who works the mighty wonders,
all the wonders that you do.
Not by our weapons, nor by our power,
but by your Spirit we are led.
Not by our weapons, nor by our power,
but by your Spirit we are led.
The Holy Spirit will move the church,
the Holy Spirit will move the church,
the Holy Spirit will move the church,
for by your Spirit we are led.
No hay dios tan grande como tú,
no lo hay, no lo hay.
No hay dios tan grande como tú,
no lo hay, no lo hay.
No hay dios que pueda hacer las obras
como las que haces tú.
No hay dios que pueda hacer las obras
como las que haces tú.
No es con espada, ni con ejército,
mas con tu Santo Espiritu.
No es con espada, ni con ejército,
mas con tu Santo Esperitu.
Y esta iglesia se mover,
y esta iglesia se mover,
y esta iglesia se mover
con tu Santo Espíritu.
Topics: Doxologies; Songs for Children Hymns; Texts in Two Languages; Church and Mission; Church; Doxologies; Holy Spirit Used With Tune: NO HAY DIOS Text Sources: Spanish; Translation Psalter Hymnal, 1987
There's No God as Great
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