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Omnipotence and grace

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 22 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 24:1-4 First Line: The earth, with all her fulness, owns Topics: The Divine Perfections

Fling Wide the Gates

Author: C. S. K. Appears in 19 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 24:7 First Line: Fling wide the gates, O Jerusalem Used With Tune: [Fling wide the gates, O Jerusalem]

Thank You, God, for Water, Soil, and Air

Author: Brian Wren, 1936- Meter: 9.10.10.9 Appears in 14 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 24:1 First Line: Thank you God, for water, soil, and air Lyrics: 1 Thank you, God, for water, soil, and air, large gifts supporting everything that lives. Forgive our spoiling and abuse of them. Help us renew the face of the earth. 2 Thank you, God, for minerals and ores, the basis of all building, wealth, and speed. Forgive our reckless plundering and waste. Help us renew the face of the earth. 3 Thank you, God, for priceless energy, stored in each atom, gathered from the sun. Forgive our greed and carelessness of power. Help us renew the face of the earth. 4 Thank you, God, for weaving nature's life into a seamless robe, a fragile whole. Forgive our haste that tampers unaware. Help us renew the face of the earth. 5 Thank you, God, for making planet earth a home for us and ages yet unborn. Help us to share, consider, save, and store. Come and renew the face of the earth. Used With Tune: AMSTEIN

Lift up your heads, ye gates!

Author: James Montgomery Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 13 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 24 First Line: Lift up your heads, ye gates! and wide Lyrics: Lift up your heads, ye gates! and wide Your everlasting doors display; Ye angel-guards, like flames divide And give the King of Glory way. Who is the King of Glory?--He, The Lord, omnipotent to save; Whose own right arm, in victory Led captive death, and spoil'd the grave. Lift up your heads, ye gates! and high Your everlasting portals heave; Welcome the King of Glory nigh; Him must the heaven of heavens receive. Who is the King of Glory?--who? The Lord of Hosts;-behold His name; The kingdom, power, aad honour due, Yield Him, ye saints! with glad acclaim.

Prepare a way for the Lord

Author: Taizé Community Meter: 4.4.4.4 Appears in 13 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 24:7-10 Topics: Life in Christ Christ Incarnate - Promise of the Messiah Used With Tune: WAIT FOR THE LORD

Praise God for the harvest of farm and of field

Author: Brian Wren (b. 1936) Meter: 11.11.11.11 Appears in 12 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 24:1 Lyrics: 1 Praise God for the harvest of orchard and field, praise God for the people who gather their yield, the long hours of labour, the skills of a team, the patience of science, the power of machine. 2 Praise God for the harvest that comes from afar, from market and harbour, the sea and the shore: foods packed and transported, and gathered and grown by God-given neighbours, unseen and unknown. 3 Praise God for the harvest that's quarried and mined, then sifted, and smelted, or shaped and refined: for oil and for iron, for copper and coal, praise God, who in love has provided them all. 4 Praise God for the harvest of science and skill, the urge to discover, create and fulfil: for dreams and inventions that promise to gain a future more hopeful, a world more humane. 5 Praise God for the harvest of mercy and love, from leaders and peoples who struggle and serve for patience and kindness, that all may be led to freedom and justice, and all may be fed. Topics: Our Response to God in times and seasons; Church Universal; Harvest; Kindness; Science and Technology; Trade and Industry Used With Tune: STOWEY

O Light That Knew No Dawn

Author: Gregory Nazianzen; J. Brownlie Meter: 6.6.6.6.8.8 Appears in 9 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 24:4 Lyrics: 1 O light that knew no dawn, that shines to endless day, all things in earth and heav'n are lustred by thy ray; no eye can to thy throne ascend, nor mind thy brightness comprehend. 2 Thy grace, O Father, give, that I may serve in fear; above all gifts, I pray, grant me thy voice to hear; from sin thy child in mercy free, and let me dwell in light with thee, 3 that cleansed from stain of sin, I may glad homage give, and, pure in heart, behold thy beauty while I live, clean hands in holy worship raise, and thee, O Christ my Saviour, praise. 4 In supplication meek to thee I bend the knee; O Christ, when thou shalt come, In love remember me, and in thy kingdom, by thy grace, grant me a humble servant's place. 5 Thy grace, O Father, give, I humbly thee implore; and let thy mercy bless thy servant more and more. All grace and glory be to thee, from age to age eternally. Topics: Faith and Aspiration; God Light Used With Tune: EASTVIEW

Lift Up Your Heads

Author: Steve Fry, 1954- Appears in 9 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 24:9 First Line: Lift up your heads to the coming King Topics: Jesus Christ Majesty Used With Tune: [Lift up your heads to the coming King]

It is God who holds the nations in the hollow of his hand

Author: Frederick Pratt Green (1903-2000) Meter: 15.15.15.6 Appears in 8 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 24:1 Lyrics: 1 It is God who hold the nations in the hollow of his hand; it is God whose light is shining in the darkness of the land; it is God who builds the city on the Rock and not on sand: may the living God be praised! 2 It is God whose purpose summons us to use the present hour; who recalls us to our senses when a nation's life turns sour; in the discipline of freedom we shall know his saving power: may the living God be praised! 3 When a thankful nation, looking back, has cause to celebrate those who win our admiration by their service to the state; when self-giving is a measure of the greatness of the great: may the living God be praised! 4 God reminds us every sunrise that the world is ours on lease -- for the sake of life tomorrow may our love for it increase; may all peoples live together, share its riches, be at peace: may the living God be praised! Topics: The Holy Spirit The Church Celebrates - National Life; City; Remembrance Sunday; Unity of Humanity Used With Tune: VISION

Psalm 24 (A Responsorial Setting)

Author: Community of the Taizé Appears in 8 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 24 First Line: The kingdom of God is justice and peace and joy Topics: Biblical Names and Places Jacob; Blessing; Church Year Advent; Church Year All Saints' Day; Church Year Ascension of the Lord; Church Year Christ the King; Church Year Passion/Palm Sunday; Church Year Transfiguration; Earth; Elements of Worship Call to Worship; Elements of Worship Gathering; Elements of Worship Lord's Supper; Elements of Worship Preparation for Worship; Enthronement Psalms; Faith; Freedom; God Trust in; God as Creator; God as King; God's Sovereignty; God's Armor; God's Face; God's Majesty; God's Strength; Guilt; Hope; Idols and Idolatry; Innocence; Processions; Temple; Ten Commandments 2nd Commandment (do not make graven emages); The Creation; Unity and Fellowship; Worship; Year A, B, C, Presentation of the Lord, February 2; Year B, All Saints' Day, November 1; Year B, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, July 10-16 Used With Tune: [The kingdom of God is justice and peace and joy] Text Sources: Evangelical Lutheran Worship (Psalm text)