The Cyber Hymnal ‎#12591

12591. Lord, We Have Broke Thy Holy Laws

1 Lord, we have broke Thy holy laws,
And slighted all Thy grace;
And justly Thy vindictive wrath
Might cast us from Thy face.

2 Yet while such precedents appear
Marked in Thy sacred Book,
We from these depths of guilt and fear
Will to Thy temple look.

3 To Thee, in our Redeemer’s name,
We raise our humble cries;
May these our prayers, perfumed by Him,
Like grateful incense rise.

4 O never may our hopeless eyes
An absent God deplore,
Where the dear temples of Thy love
Shall stand revealed no more.

5 Far from those regions of despair
Appoint our souls a place;
Where not a frown thro’ endless years
Shall veil Thy lovely face.

Text Information

• First Line: Lord, we have broke Thy holy laws
• Title: Lord, We Have Broke Thy Holy Laws
• Author: Philip Doddridge, 1702-1751
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Source: Published posthumously in Hymns Founded on Various Texts in the Holy Scriptures, by Job Orton (J. Eddowes and J. Cotton, 1755)
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Alternate tunes: OLD MARTYRS from "Psalms," 1615, ST. MARY from Prys' "Welsh Psalter," 1621, TALLIS' ORDINAL by Thomas Tallis

Tune Information

• Name: MARTYRDOM
• Composer: Hugh Wilson (1800)
• Arranger: Ralph E. Hudson (1885)
• Meter: CM
• Key: f♯ minor
• Copyright: Public Domain