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God Moves in a Mysterious Way
Author: William Cowper Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,129 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 77:19 Lyrics: 1 God moves in a mysterious way
his wonders to perform.
He plants his footsteps in the sea
and rides upon the storm.
2 Deep in unfathomable mines
of never-failing skill,
he treasures up his bright designs
and works his sovereign will.
3 You fearful saints, fresh courage take;
the clouds you so much dread
are big with mercy and shall break
in blessings on your head.
4 His purposes will ripen fast,
unfolding every hour.
The bud may have a bitter taste,
but sweet will be the flower.
5 Blind unbelief is sure to err
and scan his work in vain.
God is his own interpreter,
and he will make it plain.
Topics: Comfort & Encouragement; Will of God; Creation and Providence; Assurance; Comfort & Encouragement; Creation; Holy Spirit; Mercy; Will of God; Wisdom Used With Tune: DUNDEE
God Moves in a Mysterious Way
Psalm 77 Part 1
Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 55 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 77 First Line: To God I cried with mournful voice Lyrics:
To God I cried with mournful voice,
I sought his gracious ear,
In the sad day when troubles rose,
And filled the night with fear.
Sad were my days, and dark my nights,
My soul refused relief;
I thought on God the just and wise,
But thoughts increased my grief.
Still I complained, and still oppressed,
My heart began to break;
My God, thy wrath forbade my rest,
And kept my eyes awake.
My overwhelming sorrows grew,
Till I could speak no more;
Then I within myself withdrew,
And called thy judgments o'er.
I called back years and ancient times
When I beheld thy face;
My spirit searched for secret crimes
That might withhold thy grace.
I called thy mercies to my mind
Which I enjoyed before;
And will the Lord no more be kind?
His face appear no more?
Will he for ever cast me off?
His promise ever fail?
Has he forgot his tender love?
Shall anger still prevail?
But I forbid this hopeless thought;
This dark, despairing frame,
Rememb'ring what thy hand hath wrought;
Thy hand is still the same.
I'll think again of all thy ways,
And talk thy wonders o'er;
Thy wonders of recovering grace,
When flesh could hope no more.
Grace dwells with justice on the throne;
And men that love thy word
Have in thy sanctuary known
The counsels of the Lord.
Topics: Afflictions hope in them; Hope in darkness; Afflictions very great; Comfort from ancient providences; Israel saved from Egypt, and brought to Canaan; Melancholy and hope; Patience in darkness; Providence recorded; Remembrance of former deliverances
Psalm 77 Part 1
Psalm 77 Part 2
Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 30 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 77 First Line: How awful is thy chast'ning rod! Lyrics:
"How awful is thy chast'ning rod!"
May thy own children say:
"The great, the wise, the dreadful God!
How holy is his way !"
I'll meditate his works of old,
The King that reigns above;
I'll hear his ancient wonders told,
And learn to trust his love.
Long did the house of Joseph lie
With Egypt's yoke oppressed;
Long he delayed to hear their cry,
or gave his people rest.
The sons of good old Jacob seemed
Abandoned to their foes;
But his almighty arm redeemed
The nation that he chose.
Isr'el, his people and his sheep,
Must follow where he calls;
He bade them venture through the deep,
And made the waves their walls.
The waters saw thee, mighty God!
The waters saw thee come;
Backward they fled, and frighted stood,
To make thine armies room.
Strange was thy journey through the sea
Thy footsteps, Lord, unknown;
Terrors attend the wondrous way
That brings thy mercies down.
[Thy voice, with terror in the sound,
Through clouds and darkness broke;
All heav'n in lightning shone around,
And earth with thunder shook.
Thine arrows through the skies were hurled;
How glorious is the Lord!
Surprise and trembling seized the world,
And his own saints adored.
He gave them water from the rock,
And safe, by Moses' hand,
Through a dry desert led his flock
Home to the promised land.]
Topics: Afflictions hope in them; Hope in darkness; Afflictions very great; Comfort from ancient providences; Israel saved from Egypt, and brought to Canaan; Melancholy and hope; Patience in darkness; Providence recorded; Remembrance of former deliverances
Psalm 77 Part 2
In time of tribulation
Author: James Montgomery Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 44 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 77 Lyrics:
In time of tribulation,
Hear, Lord, my feeble cries,
With humble supplication
To Thee my spirit flies:
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My heart with grief is breaking,
Scarce can my voice complain;
Mine eyes, with tears kept waking,
Still watch and weep in vain.
The days of old, in vision,
Bring vanish'd bliss to view;
The years of lost fruition
Their joys in pangs renew;
Remember'd songs of gladness,
Through night's lone silence brought,
Strike notes of deeper sadness,
And stir desponding thought.
Hath God cast off for ever?
Can time His truth impair?
His tender mercy, never
Shall I presume to share?
Hath He His loving-kindness
Shut up in endless wrath?
No;--this is my own blindness,
That cannot see His path.
I call to recollection
The years of His right hand,
And, strong in His protection,
Again through faith I stand:
Thy deeds, O Lord! are wonder,
Holy are all Thy ways,
The secret place of thunder
Shall utter forth Thy praise.
Thee, with the tribes assembled,
O God! the billows saw;
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They saw Thee, and they trembled,
Turn'd, and stood still with awe:
The clouds shot hail--they lighten'd,
The earth reel'd to and fro;
The fiery pillar brighten'd
The gulph of gloom below.
Thy way is in great waters,
Thy footsteps are not known;
Let Adam's sons and daughters
Confide in Thee alone:
Through the wild sea Thou leddest
Thy chosen flock of yore;
Still on the waves Thou treadest,
And Thy redeem'd pass o'er.
Topics: Despondency corrected; Past and present
In time of tribulation
There's No God as Great
Meter: Irregular Appears in 11 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 77:13-14 First Line: There's no god as great as you, O Lord (No hay dios tan grande como tú) Lyrics: There's no god as great as you, O Lord,
O Lord, my God.
There's no god as great as you, O Lord,
O Lord, my God.
There's no god who works the mighty wonders,
all the wonders that you do.
There's no god who works the mighty wonders,
all the wonders that you do.
Not by our weapons, nor by our power,
but by your Spirit we are led.
Not by our weapons, nor by our power,
but by your Spirit we are led.
The Holy Spirit will move the church,
the Holy Spirit will move the church,
the Holy Spirit will move the church,
for by your Spirit we are led.
No hay dios tan grande como tú,
no lo hay, no lo hay.
No hay dios tan grande como tú,
no lo hay, no lo hay.
No hay dios que pueda hacer las obras
como las que haces tú.
No hay dios que pueda hacer las obras
como las que haces tú.
No es con espada, ni con ejército,
mas con tu Santo Espiritu.
No es con espada, ni con ejército,
mas con tu Santo Esperitu.
Y esta iglesia se mover,
y esta iglesia se mover,
y esta iglesia se mover
con tu Santo Espíritu.
Topics: Doxologies; Songs for Children Hymns; Texts in Two Languages; Church and Mission; Church; Doxologies; Holy Spirit Used With Tune: NO HAY DIOS Text Sources: Spanish; Translation Psalter Hymnal, 1987
There's No God as Great
I Thought upon the Days of Old
Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 8 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 77 Topics: Backsliding; Doubt; Meditation; Patience; Works of God ; Faithfulness, God's Used With Tune: SAXONY (Kirkpatrick)
I Thought upon the Days of Old
O God, Most Holy Are Your Ways
Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 6 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 77:13-20 Lyrics: 1 O God, most holy are your ways,
and who like you deserves my praise?
You only do such wondrous things,
the whole wide world your glory sings;
your outstretched arm your people saved,
though sore distressed and long enslaved.
2 O God, from you the waters fled,
the depths were moved with mighty dread,
the swelling clouds their torrents poured,
and o'er the earth the tempest roared;
'mid lightning's flash and thunder's sound
great trembling shook the solid ground.
3 Your way was in the sea, O God,
through mighty waters, deep and broad.
None understood but God alone,
to man your footsteps were unknown;
but safe your people you did keep,
almighty Shepherd of your sheep.
Topics: God His Power; God Holiness of; God Works of; Miracles Used With Tune: VATER UNSER Text Sources: The Psalter, 1912; alt. 1990, mod.
O God, Most Holy Are Your Ways
I sing th'almighty power of God
Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 471 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 77:11-14 Topics: God: Being, Attributes; Creation; Nature Light of; Nature, the Material Universe God seen in
I sing th'almighty power of God
To God Will I Direct My Prayer
Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 5 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 77 Topics: Backsliding; Doubt; Hearer Of Prayer, God The; Patience Used With Tune: FILLMORE (Ingalls)
To God Will I Direct My Prayer
God the Omnipotent! King who ordainest
Author: Henry Fothergill Chorley (1808-1872); John Ellerton (1826-1893) Meter: 11.10.11.9 Appears in 203 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 77:16-19 Lyrics: 1 God the Omnipotent! King who ordainest
great winds thy clarions, lightnings thy sword:
show forth thy pity on high where thou reignest:
give to us peace in our time, O Lord.
2 God the All-merciful! earth hath forsaken
meekness and mercy, and slighted thy word;
bid not thy wrath in its terrors awaken;
give to us peace in our time, O Lord.
3 God, the All-righteous One! we have defied thee;
yet to eternity standeth thy word;
falsehood and wrong shall not tarry beside thee;
give to us peace in our time, O Lord.
4 God the All-wise! by the fire of thy chastening,
earth shall to freedom and truth be restored;
through the thick darkness thy Kingdom is hastening;
thou wilt give peace in thy time, O Lord.
5 So shall thy children, with thankful devotion,
praise him who saved them from peril and sword,
singing in chorus, from ocean to ocean,
peace to the nations, and praise to the Lord. Topics: The Church Celebrates National Life; Our Response to God in intercession and petition; God in judgement and justice; Kingdom of God; Nation and Society; Peace; Remembrance Sunday; Word of God Used With Tune: RUSSIA
God the Omnipotent! King who ordainest
Your hand, O God, has guided
Author: Edward Hayes Plumptre (1821-1891) Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.6.7 with refrain Appears in 55 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 77:20 Lyrics: 1 Your hand, O God, has guided
your flock, from age to age;
the wondrous tale is written,
full clear, on every page;
your people owned your goodness,
and we their deeds record:
and both of this bear witness:
one Church, one Faith, one Lord.
2 Your heralds brought glad tidings
to greatest as to least;
they summoned all to hasten
and share the great King's feast;
and this was all their teaching,
in every deed and word,
to all alike proclaiming:
one Church, one Faith, one Lord.
3 Through many a day of darkness,
through many a scene of strife,
the faithful few fought bravely
to guard the nation's life.
Their Gospel of redemption,
sin pardoned, life restored,
was all in this enfolded:
one Church, one Faith, one Lord.
4 Your mercy will not fail us,
nor leave your work undone;
with your right hand to help us,
the victory shall be won;
by mortals and by angels
your name shall be adored,
and this shall be our anthem:
one Church, one Faith, one Lord. Topics: Life in Christ Our Response to Christ - In Discipleship; Church Ministry; Church unity and ecumenism; Salvation and Redemption; Witness Used With Tune: THORNBURY
Your hand, O God, has guided
O Lord, Hear My Prayer
Author: The Community of Taizé Meter: 5.5.6 D Appears in 45 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 77:1-6 Topics: Death and Dying; God's Hope; Hymns That Are Prayer; Elements of Worship Offering Our Prayers Used With Tune: HEAR MY PRAYER
O Lord, Hear My Prayer
Thy way is in the sea
Author: Fawcett Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 22 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 77:19 Lyrics: 1 Thy way is in the sea;
Thy paths we can not trace;
Nor solve, O Lord, the mystery
Of thy unbounded grace.
2 Here the dark veils of sense
Our captive souls surround;
Mysterious deeps of providence
Our wandering thoughts confound.
3 As through a glass we see
The wonders of thy love;
How little do we know of thee,
Or of the joys above!
Topics: Attributes of God Providence; God's Hidden Ways
Thy way is in the sea
Hear my Cry, O God, and Save Me!
Author: Michael Morgan Meter: 8.8.7.7 D Appears in 4 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 77 Topics: Affliction; Biblical Names and Places Aaron; Biblical Names and Places Jacob; Biblical Names and Places Joseph; Biblical Names and Places Moses; Despair; Doubt; Earth; Elements of Worship Confession (Individual); Elements of Worship Lord's Supper; God as Shepherd; God's Faithfulness; God's Majesty; God's Name; God's People (flock, sheep); God's Power; God's Promise of Redemption; Hopelessness; Jesus Christ Way, Truth, and Life; Lament Individual; Mercy; Remembering; Return from Exile; Salvation; Year C, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, June 26-July 2 Used With Tune: GENEVAN 77
Hear my Cry, O God, and Save Me!
God of the Ages, Whose Almighty Hand
Author: Daniel Crane Roberts Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 419 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 77:14 Lyrics: 1 God of the ages, whose almighty hand
leads forth in beauty all the starry band
of shining worlds in splendor through the skies,
our grateful songs before thy throne arise.
2 Thy love divine hath led us in the past.
In this free land by thee our lot is cast.
Be thou our ruler, guardian, guide, and stay:
thy word our law, thy paths our chosen way.
3 From war's alarms, from deadly pestilence,
be thy strong arm our ever sure defense.
Thy true religion in our hearts increase.
Thy bounteous goodness nourish us in peace.
4 Refresh thy people on their toilsome way.
Lead us from night to never-ending day.
Fill all our lives with love and grace divine,
and glory, laud, and praise be ever thine.
Topics: Adoration; Guidance; The Life of the Nations; Love of God for Us; World Peace Used With Tune: NATIONAL HYMN
God of the Ages, Whose Almighty Hand
Let's sing to the Lord, yes, sing God a new song
Author: Gerhard M. Cartford Meter: 11.11.11.10 Appears in 22 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 77:14 Topics: Adoration Of God; Church Worship; Multi-cultrual and World-church Songs Used With Tune: CANTAD AL SEÑOR Text Sources: Brazilian folk song
Let's sing to the Lord, yes, sing God a new song
A Morning Hymn
Author: Rev. Ray Palmer (1808-1887); Gregory (540-604) Appears in 13 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 77:6 First Line: Behold, the shade of night is now receding Topics: Family Worship Used With Tune: NIGHTFALL
A Morning Hymn
Hath God forgotten to be kind
Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 9 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 77:5 First Line: I cried to God, I cried, he heard Topics: Hath God Forgotten? Used With Tune: I CRIED TO GOD
Hath God forgotten to be kind
Wise men, they came to look for wisdom
Author: Christopher Martin Idle (b. 1938) Meter: 9.8.9.8.8.8 Appears in 8 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 77:6 Lyrics: 1 Wise men, they came to look for wisdom,
finding one wiser than they knew;
rich men, they met with one yet richer--
King of the kings, they knelt to you:
Jesus, our wisdom from above,
wealth and redemption, life and love.
2 Pilgrims they were, from unknown countries,
searching for one who knows the world;
lost are their names, and strange their journeys,
famed is their zeal to find the child:
Jesus, in you the lost are claimed,
aliens are found and known and named.
3 Magi, they stooped to see your splendor,
led by a star to light supreme;
promised Messiah, Lord eternal,
glory and peace are in your name:
Joy of each day, our song by night,
shine on our path your holy light.
4 Guests of their God, they opened treasures,
incense and gold and solemn myrrh;
welcoming one too young to question
how came these gifts, and what they were:
Gift beyond price of gold or gem,
make among us your Bethlehem. Topics: Life in Christ Christ Incarnate - Christmas and Epiphany; Christian Year Season of Epiphany Used With Tune: NEUMARK
Wise men, they came to look for wisdom
Lord, you sometimes speak in wonders
Author: Christopher Martin Idle (b. 1938) Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 6 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 77:14 Lyrics: 1 Lord, you sometimes speak in wonders,
unmistakable and clear,
mighty signs to prove your presence,
overcoming doubt and fear.
2 Lord, you sometimes speak in whispers,
still and small and scarcely heard;
only those who want to listen
catch the all-important word.
3 Lord, you sometimes speak in silence,
through our loud and noisy day:
we can know and trust you better
when we quietly wait and pray.
4 Lord, you often speak in Scripture,
words that summon from the page,
shown and taught us by your Spirit
with fresh light for every age.
5 Lord, you always speak in Jesus,
always new yet still the same:
teach us now more of our Saviour,
make our lives display his Name. Topics: The Holy Spirit in the Church Illumination of God's Word; Jesus incarnation; Scripture; Word of God Used With Tune: STUTTGART
Lord, you sometimes speak in wonders
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