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Restless, I Wait in Prayer for You (Theri najath dhe shouk dhe wich)

Author: JM Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: Longing for God or Christ First Line: Theri najath dhe shouk dhe wich (Restless, I wait in prayer for you) Scripture: Psalm 119:81-88 Used With Tune: THERI NAJATH
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An Entreaty for Guidance

Meter: 7.7.7.7 Appears in 24 hymnals Topics: Access to God; Aspirations For Christ; Aspirations For Church Priveleges; Aspirations For Holiness; Christ Communion with; Christ Light and Guide; Christians Graces of; Christians Saved by Grace; Décision; Godly Fear Described; God Attributes of; God Hearer of Prayer; God Holiness of; God Kingly Character of; House of God Longed for and Loved; Morning Psalms; Prayer confidence in; Providence of God Over Saints; The Righteous Honor and Safety of; Sin Hatred of; Sin Hindrance to Communion with God; Sin Salvation from; Temptation; The Wicked Fate of; The Wicked Warned; Worship Acts of First Line: O Jehovah, hear my words Lyrics: 1 O Jehovah, hear my words, To my tho'ts attentive be; Hear my cry, my King, my God, I will make my prayer to Thee. With the morning light, O Lord, Thou shalt hear my voice arise, And expectant I will bring Prayer as morning sacrifice. 2 Thou, Jehovah, art a God Who delightest not in sin; Evil shall not dwell with Thee, Nor the proud Thy favor win. Evil-doers Thou dost hate, Lying tongues Thou wilt defeat; God abhors the man who loves Violence and base deceit. 3 In the fulness of Thy grace To Thy house I will repair, Bowing tow'rd Thy holy place, In Thy fear to worship there. Lead me in Thy righteousness, Let my foes assail in vain; Lest my feet be turned aside, Make Thy way before me plain. Scripture: Psalm 5 Used With Tune: COMFORT
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Confidence in God

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 7 hymnals Topics: Access to God; Afflictions Refuge in; Aspirations For Church Priveleges; Aspirations For Heaven; Christ The Saviour; Comfort in Trials; Enemies Restrained; God Our Refuge; Gospel Privileges of; Heaven; House of God Longed for and Loved First Line: O God, give ear unto my cry Lyrics: 1 O God, give ear unto my cry, And to my voice attend; Thought far from home and from Thy house, To Thee my prayers ascend. 2 When troubles overwhelm my heart, \ Then Thou wilt hear my cry, For safety lead me to the Rock That higher is than I. 3 A refuge Thou hast been for me When storms of trouble low'r; When foes assail, then Thou hast been My strong defense and tow'r. 4 Within Thy holy temple, Lord, I ever will abide; Beneath the covert of Thy wings In confidence I hide. Scripture: Psalm 61 Used With Tune: HAVEN
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How Lovely, Lord, How Lovely

Author: Arlo D. Duba Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 19 hymnals Topics: Biblical Names and Places Jacob; Biblical Names and Places Jacob; Blessing; Church Year Lent; Church Year Transfiguration; Desiring God; Discipleship; Doubt; Elements of Worship Baptism; Elements of Worship Gathering; Elements of Worship Lord's Supper; Elements of Worship Praise and Adoration; Fear; God Desire for; God Trust in; God as Refuge; God as Shield; God's Armor; God's Deeds; God's Face; God's House; God's Love; God's Name; God's People (flock, sheep); God's Promise of Redemption; God's Strength; God's Way; Grace; Hymns of Praise; Jesus Christ Incarnation; Joy; Longing for God; Occasional Services Christian Marriage; Occasional Services Dedication / Consecration / Anniversary; Occasional Services Funerals; Occasional Services Ordination and/or Installation; Pain; Peace; People of God / Church Citizens of Heaven; Prayer; Rest; Songs of Zion; Sorrow; Suffering; Temple; Temptation And Trial; The Fall; The Incarnation; Trust; Unity and Fellowship; Year A, B, C, Presentation of the Lord, February 2; Year B, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, August 21-27; Year C, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, October 23-29 Lyrics: 1 How lovely, Lord, how lovely is your abiding place; my soul is longing, fainting, to feast upon your grace. The sparrow finds a shelter, a place to build her nest, and so your temple calls us with in its walls to rest. 2 In your blest courts to worship, O God, a single day is better than a thousand if I from you should stray. I’d rather keep the entrance and claim you as my Lord than revel in the riches the ways of sin afford. 3 A sun and shield forever are you, O Lord Most High; you shower us with blessings; no good will you deny. The saints, your grace receiving, from strength to strength shall go, and from their life shall rivers of blessing overflow. Scripture: Psalm 84 Used With Tune: MERLE'S TUNE
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Amid the Thronging Worshipers

Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 10 hymnals Topics: Assurance; Biblical Names and Places Israel; Biblical Names and Places Jacob; Church Year Good Friday; Church Year Passion/Palm Sunday; Cry to God; Despair; Doubt; Elements of Worship Lord's Supper; God Trust in; God's Nearness; God's Presence; Jesus Christ Cross and Crucifiction; Lament General; Lament Individual; Life Stages Death; Loneliness; Longing for God; Mission; Mocking; Pain; People of God / Church Suffering; Prayer Answer to; Prayer; Questioning; Sorrow; Suffering; Victory; Vows; Year A, B, C, Holy Week, Good Friday; Year B, Easter, 5th Sunday; Year B, Lent, 2nd Sunday; Year B, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, October 9-15; Year C, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, June 19-25 (if after Trinity Sunday) Lyrics: 1 Amid the thronging worshipers the Lord, our God, I bless; before his people gathered here his name will I confess. Come, praise him, all who fear the Lord, the children of his grace; with reverence sound his glories forth and bow before his face. 2 The burden of the sorrowful the Lord will not despise; he has not turned from those who mourn, he listens to their cries. His goodness makes me join the throng where saints his praise proclaim, and there will I fulfill my vows with those who fear his name. 3 He feeds with good the humble soul and satisfies the meek, and they shall live and praise the Lord who for his mercy seek. The ends of all the earth will hear, the nations seek the Lord; they worship him, the King of kings, in earth and heaven adored. Used With Tune: BOVINA Text Sources: Psalter, 1912
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O God, You Are My God Alone

Author: Iona Community Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 8 hymnals Topics: Biblical Names and Places Judah; Church Year Transfiguration; Conflict; Cry to God; Daily Prayer Morning Prayer; Daily Prayer Night Prayer; Delight; Desiring God; Elements of Worship Gathering; Elements of Worship Lord's Supper; Emmaus Road; God Dependence on; God Desire for; God's Triumph; God's Wings; God's Anger; God's Armor; God's Face; God's Glory; God's Justice; God's Protection; Jesus Christ Good Shepherd; Jesus Christ Way, Truth, and Life; Joy; Labor; Longing for God; Mercy; Seeking God; Ten Commandments 9th Commandment (do not bear false witness); Truth; Worship; Year C, Lent, 3rd Sunday Scripture: Psalm 63 Used With Tune: GRATUS
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Spiritual Longing and Devotion

Appears in 5 hymnals Topics: Aspirations For Christ; Aspirations For Church Priveleges; Aspirations For Heaven; Christ Communion with; Christ Preciousness of; Christians Conscious of Safety; Church Beloved of Saints; Church Divinely Furnished; Faith Blessedness of; Faith Walking by; Glory of God In Church and Heaven; God Hearer of Prayer; God Love and Mercy; Gospel Privileges of; Grace Sovereign ; House of God Longed for and Loved; Joy Divinely Bestowed; Joy Reasons for; Meditation; Praise For God's Mercy; Praise For Spiritual Blessings; Protection Only from God; Royalty of Christ Guarantee of Salvation; Safety Assured; Seeking God; Trust in God Expression of; Worship Delightful to Saints First Line: Thou art my God, O God of grace Lyrics: 1 Thou art my God, O God of grace, And earnestly I seek Thy face, My heart cries out for Thee; My spirit thirsts Thy grace to taste, An exile in this desert waste In which no waters be, In which no waters be. 2 I long as in the times of old Thy pow'r and glory to behold Within Thy holy place; Because Thy tender love I see More precious far than life to me, My lips shall praise Thy grace, My lips shall praise Thy grace. 3 Thus will I bless Thee while I live, And with uplifted hands will give Praise to Thy holy Name; When by Thy bounty well supplied, Then shall my soul be satisfied, My mouth shall praise proclaim, My mouth shall praise proclaim. 4 My lips shall in Thy praise delight When on my bed I rest at night And meditate on Thee; Because Thy hand assistance brings, Beneath the shadow of Thy wings My heart shall joyful be, My heart shall joyful be. Scripture: Psalm 63 Used With Tune: AMERICUS
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Better Is One Day

Author: Matt Redman Appears in 9 hymnals Topics: Biblical Names and Places Jacob; Biblical Names and Places Jacob; Blessing; Church Year Lent; Church Year Transfiguration; Desiring God; Discipleship; Doubt; Elements of Worship Baptism; Elements of Worship Gathering; Elements of Worship Lord's Supper; Elements of Worship Praise and Adoration; Fear; God Desire for; God Trust in; God as Refuge; God as Shield; God's Armor; God's Deeds; God's Face; God's House; God's Love; God's Name; God's People (flock, sheep); God's Promise of Redemption; God's Strength; God's Way; Grace; Hymns of Praise; Jesus Christ Incarnation; Joy; Longing for God; Occasional Services Christian Marriage; Occasional Services Dedication / Consecration / Anniversary; Occasional Services Funerals; Occasional Services Ordination and/or Installation; Pain; Peace; People of God / Church Citizens of Heaven; Prayer; Rest; Songs of Zion; Sorrow; Suffering; Temple; Temptation And Trial; The Fall; The Incarnation; Trust; Unity and Fellowship; Year A, B, C, Presentation of the Lord, February 2; Year B, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, August 21-27; Year C, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, October 23-29 First Line: How lovely is your dwelling place Refrain First Line: Better is one day in your courts Lyrics: 1 How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord Almighty. For my soul longs and even faints for you. For here my heart is satisfied, within your presence. I sing beneath the shadow of your wings. Refrain: Better is one day in your courts, better is one day in your house, better is one day in your courts than thousands elsewhere. Better is one day in your courts, better is one day in your house, better is one day in your courts than thousands elsewhere, than thousands elsewhere. 2 One thing I ask and I would seek: to see your beauty, to find you in the place your glory dwells. One thing I ask and I would seek: to see your beauty, To find you in the place your glory dwells. [Refrain] Bridge: My heart and flesh cry out for you, the living god; your Spirit's water to my soul. I've tasted and I've seen, come once again to me; I will draw near to you, I will draw near to you. [Refrain] Scripture: Psalm 84 Used With Tune: [How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord God Almighty]
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My God, My God, Why Have You Forsaken Me?

Author: Susan Sayers Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: Assurance; Biblical Names and Places Israel; Biblical Names and Places Jacob; Church Year Good Friday; Church Year Passion/Palm Sunday; Cry to God; Despair; Doubt; Elements of Worship Lord's Supper; God Trust in; God's Nearness; God's Presence; Jesus Christ Cross and Crucifiction; Lament General; Lament Individual; Life Stages Death; Loneliness; Longing for God; Mission; Mocking; Pain; People of God / Church Suffering; Prayer Answer to; Prayer; Questioning; Sorrow; Suffering; Victory; Vows; Year A, B, C, Holy Week, Good Friday; Year B, Easter, 5th Sunday; Year B, Lent, 2nd Sunday; Year B, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, October 9-15; Year C, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, June 19-25 (if after Trinity Sunday) First Line: People who see me are scornful Refrain First Line: My God, my God, why have you forsaken me Scripture: Psalm 22 Used With Tune: [People who see me are scornful]

Psalm 22 (A Responsorial Setting)

Appears in 5 hymnals Topics: Assurance; Biblical Names and Places Israel; Biblical Names and Places Jacob; Church Year Good Friday; Church Year Passion/Palm Sunday; Cry to God; Despair; Doubt; Elements of Worship Lord's Supper; God Trust in; God's Nearness; God's Presence; Jesus Christ Cross and Crucifiction; Lament General; Lament Individual; Life Stages Death; Loneliness; Longing for God; Mission; Mocking; Pain; People of God / Church Suffering; Prayer Answer to; Prayer; Questioning; Sorrow; Suffering; Victory; Vows; Year A, B, C, Holy Week, Good Friday; Year B, Easter, 5th Sunday; Year B, Lent, 2nd Sunday; Year B, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, October 9-15; Year C, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, June 19-25 (if after Trinity Sunday) First Line: My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Scripture: Psalm 22 Used With Tune: [My God, my God, why have you forsaken me] Text Sources: Evangelical Lutheran Worship (Psalm text)

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