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Encouragement in Prayer

Lord, thou hast favor shown thy land

Published in 10 hymnals

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Representative Text

1 Lord, Thou hast favor shown Thy land,
Restored again Thy captive band;
Thy people's sins Thou pardoned hast,
And all their guilt hast covered o'er,
Removed from them Thy anger sore,
All Thy fierce wrath behind Thee cast.

2 In grace Thy people, Lord, return,
Nor longer let Thy anger burn;
Wilt Thou forever angry be?
Through ages shall Thy wrath survive?
Wilt Thou not us again revive,
That so we may rejoice in Thee?

3 O Lord, to us Thy mercy show,
And Thy salvation now bestow;
We wait to hear what God will say;
Peace to His people He will speak,
And to His saints, but let them seek
No more in folly's path to stray.

The Psalter: with responsive readings, 1912

Text Information

First Line: Lord, thou hast favor shown thy land
Title: Encouragement in Prayer
Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

REDAL


TURN US


STELLA (English)

First published in Henri Frederick Hemy's Easy Hymn Tunes for Catholic Schools (1851), STELLA was a folk tune from northern England that Hemy heard sung by children in Stella, a village near Newcastle-upon-Tyme. In modified bar form (AA'B), the tune has an interesting rhythmic structure. Antiphonal…

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The Cyber Hymnal #4046
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The Cyber Hymnal #4046

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