Hymns and Devotions for Daily Worship ‎#114

114. Look Down, O Lord, with Pitying Eye

1. Look down, O Lord, with pitying eye;
See Adam's race in ruin lie;
Sin spreads its trophies o'er the ground,
And scatters slaughtered heaps around.

2. And can these mould'ring corpses live?
And can these perish'd bones revive?
That, mighty God, to you is known;
That wondrous work is all your own.

3. But if your spirit deigns to breathe,
Life spreads thru' all the realms of death:
Dry bones obey your powerful voice;
They move, they waken, they rejoice,

4. So when your trumpet's awful sound
Shall shake the Heav'ns and rend the ground,
Dead saints shall from their tombs arise,
And spring to life beyond the skies.

Text Information

• First Line: Look down, O Lord, with pitying eye
• Title: Look Down, O Lord, with Pitying Eye
• Author: Philip Doddridge (1755)
• Meter: 8.8.8.8
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2024
• Scripture:
  Ezekiel 37:1-14
• Topic: Lent
• Notes: Text by English nonconformist minister Philip Doddridge, from Hymns Founded on Various Texts in the Holy Scriptures (1755).

Tune Information

• Name: NEW PSALM 39
• Composer: Dan Kreider (2020)
• Meter: 8.8.8.8
• Incipit: 33553 216
• Key: D Major
• Copyright: ©2020 Dan Kreider
• Notes: Tune NEW PSALM 39 by Dan Kreider, music director of Grace Immanuel Bible Church, Jupiter, FL, from the New Psalter (2020).