Common Praise ‎#323

323. Strengthen for service, Lord, the hands

1 Strengthen for service, Lord, the hands
that holy things have taken;
let ears that now have heard thy songs
to clamour never waken.

2 Lord, may the tongues which 'Holy' sang
keep free from all deceiving;
the eyes which saw thy love be bright,
thy blessèd hope perceiving.

3 The feet that tread thy holy courts
from light do thou not banish;
the bodies by thy Body fed
with thy new life replenish.

Text Information

• First Line: Strengthen for service, Lord, the hands
• Author: Ephraim the Syrian, c. 306-373
• Translator: Charles W. Humphreys, 1841-1921
• Translator: Percy Dearmer
• Meter: 87 87
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2000
• Scripture:
  Hebrews 12:12-13
  ;
  Isaiah 1:12-17
  ;
  James 3:9-12
• Topic: Proper 21: Year B
• Copyright: © Oxford University Press, from "The English Hymnal," used by permission
• Notes: Now Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: ACH GOTT UND HERR
• Harmonizer: J. S. Bach, 1685-1750
• Meter: 87 87
• Key: B♭ Major
• Source: Neu-Lepziger Gesangbuch, 1682