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#401 from Lutheran Book of Worship
Before you, Lord, we bow
Tune
Darwall's 148th
Metric Index
66 66 88
Key & Modality
C Major
Last uses
No previous uses
Poem Words (five verses)
1.
Before you, Lord, we bow,
Our God who reigns above
And rules the world below,
Boundless in pow'r and love.
Our thanks we bring in joy and praise,
Our hearts we raise to you, our king!
Our God who reigns above
And rules the world below,
Boundless in pow'r and love.
Our thanks we bring in joy and praise,
Our hearts we raise to you, our king!
2.
The nation you have blest
May well your love declare,
From foes and fears at rest,
Protected by your care.
For this bright day, for this fair land -
Gifts of your hand - our thanks we pay.
May well your love declare,
From foes and fears at rest,
Protected by your care.
For this bright day, for this fair land -
Gifts of your hand - our thanks we pay.
3.
May ev'ry mountain height,
Each vale and forest green,
Shine in your Word's pure light,
And its rich fruits be seen!
May ev'ry tongue be tuned to praise
And join to raise a grateful song.
Each vale and forest green,
Shine in your Word's pure light,
And its rich fruits be seen!
May ev'ry tongue be tuned to praise
And join to raise a grateful song.
4.
Earth, hear your Maker's voice;
Your great Redeemer own;
Believe, obey, rejoice,
And worship him alone.
Cast down your pride, your sin deplore,
And bow before the Crucified.
Your great Redeemer own;
Believe, obey, rejoice,
And worship him alone.
Cast down your pride, your sin deplore,
And bow before the Crucified.
5.
And when in pow'r he comes,
Oh, may our native land
From all its rending tombs
Send forth a glorious band,
A countless throng, with joy to sing
To heav'n's high king salvation's song!
Oh, may our native land
From all its rending tombs
Send forth a glorious band,
A countless throng, with joy to sing
To heav'n's high king salvation's song!
Hymn References
Author
Francis S. Key 1779-1843 (alt.)
Composer
John Darwall 1731-1789
Publication Date
1978
Topic
Witness; Nation; Society
Other Hymns By Tune (in Zack's Database)
#550 in Evangelical Lutheran Worship / On what has now been sown (C Major ) [click to view]#893 in Evangelical Lutheran Worship / Before you, Lord, we bow (C Major ) [click to view]
#625 in The Hymnal 1982 (Episcopal) / Ye holy angels bright (C Major ) [click to view]
#261 in Lutheran Book of Worship / On what has now been sown (C Major ) [click to view]
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