The Hymnal and Order of Service ‎#85

85. Forty Days and Forty Nights

1 Forty days and forty nights
Thou wast fasting in the wild;
Forty days and forty nights
Tempted, and yet undefiled.

2 Sunbeams scorching all the day;
Chilly dewdrops nightly shed;
Prowling beasts about Thy way;
Stones Thy pillow, earth Thy bed.

3 Shall we not Thy sorrow view,
And with hearts attuned to Thine,
Yielding up our wills anew,
Share with Thee a food divine?

4 And if Satan, vexing sore,
Flesh or spirit should assail,
Thou, his Vanquisher before,
Grant we may not faint nor fall.

5 So shall we have peace divine:
Holier gladness ours shall be;
Round us, too, shall angels shine,
Such as ministered to Thee.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Forty days and forty nights
• Title: Forty Days and Forty Nights
• Author: George Hunt Smyttan (1856, a.)
• Meter: 7 7, 7 7.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1937
• Scripture:
  Matthew 4:1-11
• Topic: Church Year: Lent; Lent, First Sunday; Christ: Passion of; Christ: Temptation of; Satan, Conflict with Christ and Christians; Word of God

Tune Information

• Name: GUD VÅR GUD, FÖR VÄRLDEN ALL
• Composer: Johan Fredrik Legergren, b. 1826
• Meter: 7 7, 7 7.
• Key: G Major