夕陽西沉歌

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我靈,讚美天上君王,主前俯伏獻我心,

既蒙赦免,醫治,拯救,當永遠歌唱頌揚,

哈利路亞!哈利路亞!高聲讚美永生王。

讚美上主慈愛深恩,憐憫列祖解苦困,

讚美上主,永不改變,不斷容忍常施恩,

哈利路亞!哈利路亞!頌主信實大慈仁。

主如慈父憐恤眷顧,知我軟弱無能力,

主以慈手溫柔護佑,救我脫離眾仇敵,

哈利路亞!哈利路亞!頌主恩廣大無比。

天上天使同心敬拜,時常瞻仰主榮面,

太陽,月亮,宇宙萬物,一同伏拜主面前,

哈利路亞!哈利路亞!我們同頌主恩典。


Source: 生命聖詩 - Hymns of Life, 1986 #42

Author: Henry Francis Lyte

Lyte, Henry Francis, M.A., son of Captain Thomas Lyte, was born at Ednam, near Kelso, June 1, 1793, and educated at Portora (the Royal School of Enniskillen), and at Trinity College, Dublin, of which he was a Scholar, and where he graduated in 1814. During his University course he distinguished himself by gaining the English prize poem on three occasions. At one time he had intended studying Medicine; but this he abandoned for Theology, and took Holy Orders in 1815, his first curacy being in the neighbourhood of Wexford. In 1817, he removed to Marazion, in Cornwall. There, in 1818, he underwent a great spiritual change, which shaped and influenced the whole of his after life, the immediate cause being the illness and death of a brother cler… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: 我靈, 讚美天上君王 (Wǒ líng, zànměi tiānshàng jūnwáng)
Title: 夕陽西沉歌
English Title: Praise, my soul, the King of Heaven
Author: Henry Francis Lyte
Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7
Language: Chinese
Copyright: Public Domain

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LAUDA ANIMA (Goss)

John Goss (PHH 164) composed LAUDA ANIMA (Latin for the opening words of Psalm 103) for this text in 1868. Along with his original harmonizations, intended to interpret the different stanzas, the tune was also included in the appendix to Robert Brown¬ Borthwick's Supplemental Hymn and Tune Book (18…

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生命聖詩 - Hymns of Life, 1986 #42

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