This Week's Zoom Hymns

 

Sing of the Lord's goodness

CH4 157

Music & Music: Ernest Sands

 

Sing of the Lord's Goodness.mp3

1 Sing of the Lord’s goodness, Father of all wisdom,
come to him and bless his name.
Mercy he has shown us, his love is for ever,
faithful to the end of days.
            Come then, all you nations,
            sing of your Lord’s goodness,
            melodies of praise and thanks to God.
            Ring out the Lord’s glory,
            praise him with your music,
            worship him and bless his name.

2 Power he has wielded, honour is his garment,
risen from the snares of death.
His word he has spoken, one bread he has broken,
new life he now gives to all.

3 Courage in our darkness, comfort in our sorrow,
Spirit of our God most high:
solace for the weary, pardon for the sinner,
splendour of the living God.

4 Praise him with your singing, praise him with the trumpet,
praise God with the lute and harp;
praise him with the cymbals, praise him with your dancing,
praise God till the end of days.

 

I will sing a song of love

GWA 148

Words & Music: John L. Bell

 

GWA 148 I will sing a song.mp3

             I will sing a song of love
            to the one who first loved me,
            and I’ll sing it as a child of God,
            who is named and known and free.
            For the love of God is good,
            it is broad and deep and long;
            and above all else that matters,
            God is worthy of my song.

1 And I will not sing alone
but with earth and sky and sea,
for creation raised its voice
well in advance of me.

2 And I’ll sing with every soul,
every language, every race,
which proclaims this world is good
for God has blessed this place.

3 And I’ll sing for what is right
and against all that is wrong,
because God is never neutral
who inspires my song.

4 As I bring to God my joy,
so I’ll bring to God my pain,
for there is no hurt which God
requires me to retain.

5 While my life on earth still runs,
may my song to God be given,
till through grace I join the harmony
of all in heaven.

 

Now thank we all our God

CH4 182   Nun Danket

Music: Johann Crüger, harm. Felix Mendelssohn
Words: Martin Rinkart, transl. Catherine Winkworth

 

Now Thank We All Our God.mp3

1 Now thank we all our God,
with heart and hands and voices,
-Who wondrous things has done,
in whom his world rejoices;
who from our mothers’ arms
has blessed us on our way
with countless gifts of love,
and still is ours today.

2 Oh, may this bounteous God
through all our life be near us,
with ever-joyful hearts
and blessèd peace to cheer us,
and keep us in his grace,
and guide us when perplexed,
and free us from all ills
in this world and the next.

3 All praise and thanks to God
who reigns in highest heaven –
the Father and the Son
and Spirit – now be given:
the one, eternal God,
whom earth and heaven adore;
for thus it was, is now,
and shall be evermore.