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Tuesday, January 9, 2018

Hymns for Tuesday, January 9, 2018

All People That On Earth Do Dwell - (Based on Psalm 100)
Jesus Priceless Treasure
Hosanna, Load Hosanna
Unto Thee O Lord

Recommended reading & hymnbooks:

Saturday, May 14, 2016

Recommended Psalm for Saturday, May 14, 2016

With Grateful Heart My Thanks I Bring, based on Psalm 138

You may be more familiar with the following wonderful hymn (that often uses the same tune):

The Solid Rock

Friday, May 6, 2016

Recommended Psalm for Friday, May 6, 2016

My Heart is Fixed, O God, based on Psalm 108

Here are the words to this [paraphrased] Psalm:

You may be more familiar with the following wonderful hymn (that often uses the same tune):

I Love Thy Kingdom Lord

Thursday, May 5, 2016

Recommended Psalm for Thursday, May 5, 2016

I Love the Lord, For My Request, based on Psalm 116

Here are the words to this [paraphrased] Psalm:

I love the Lord, for my request
And humble plea He makes His care;
In Him through life my faith shall rest,
For He both hears and answers prayer.

Brought nigh to death and full of grief,
The Lord’s salvation I besought;
He heard my cry, and sent relief,
My soul from depths of woe He brought.

Most kind and righteous is the Lord,
Our God is merciful indeed;
Delighting ever to afford
His help to me in time of need.

Return unto thy rest, my soul,
The Lord has richly dealt with thee,
Delivered thee from death’s control,
From sin and sorrow set thee free.

Since He has freed mine eyes from tears
And kept my feet from evil ways,
Redeemed from life’s distressing fears,
With Him I walk, and Him I praise.

In my affliction and my pain,
When fears alarmed and hopes deceived,
I found all human helpers vain,
But in the Lord my soul believed.

You may be more familiar with the following wonderful hymn (that often uses the same tune):

Take my Life and Let it Be

Monday, May 2, 2016

Recommended Psalm for Saturday, April 30, 2016

Here are 2 Psalms (paraphrases of Psalms) sung to the same tune:

O God Our Help in Ages Past (based on Psalm 90) and
The Lord Who Has Remembered Us (based on Psalm 115)

Recommended reading:

Psalter Hymnal
A Better Way: Rediscovering the Drama of God-Centered Worship, by Dr. Michael Horton
Some Thoughts on True Worship

Friday, April 29, 2016

Recommended Psalm for Friday, April 29, 2016

Great Shepherd Who Leadest Thy People in Love, based on Psalm 80.

Here are the words to this [paraphrased] Psalm:

Great Shepherd, who leadest Thy people in love,
’Mid cherubim dwelling, shine Thou from above;
In might come and save us, Thy people restore,
And we shall be saved when Thy face shines once more.

O haste, Lord, to hear us and pity our woes,
Afflictions our portion, despised by our foes;
O Lord God Almighty, in mercy restore,
And we shall be saved when Thy face shines once more.

A place for Thy people, Thou, Lord, didst prepare,
Thy vine deeply rooted rewarded Thy care;
Its branches like cedars, majestic and free,
Spread over the mountains from river to sea.

Thy vineyard no longer Thy tender care knows,
Defenseless, the victim and spoil of her foes;
O turn, we beseech Thee, all glory is Thine,
Look down in Thy mercy and visit Thy vine.

The branch of Thy planting is burned and cut down,
Brought nigh to destruction because of Thy frown;
The man of Thy right hand with wisdom endue,
The son of man strengthen Thy pleasure to do.

When Thou shalt revive us Thy Name we shall praise,
And nevermore turning, depart from Thy ways;
O Lord God Almighty, in mercy restore,
And we shall be saved when Thy face shines once more.

Source: cyberhymnal.org

You may be more familiar with one of my all time favorite hymns (sung to the same tune):

My Jesus I Love Thee

Recommended reading:

Psalter Hymnal
A Better Way: Rediscovering the Drama of God-Centered Worship, by Dr. Michael Horton
Some Thoughts on True Worship

Saturday, April 23, 2016

Recommended Psalm for Saturday, April 23, 2016

O God to Us Show Mercy, based on Psalm 67

Here are the words to this [paraphrased] Psalm:

1 O God, to us show mercy
and bless us in your grace,
and cause to shine upon us
the brightness of your face,
so that your way most holy
on earth may soon be known,
and unto every people
your saving grace be shown.

2 Let all the peoples praise you,
let all the nations sing;
in every land let praises
and songs of gladness ring;
for you will judge the peoples
in truth and righteousness,
and on the earth all nations
will your just rule confess.

3 Let all the peoples praise you,
let all the nations sing.
Then earth in rich abundance
to us her fruit will bring.
The LORD our God will bless us,
our God will blessing send,
and all the earth will fear him
to its remotest end.
Source: Hymnary.org

You may be more familiar with the following wonderful hymn (sung to the same tune):

Missionary Hymn (From Greenland's Icy Mountain)

It is also sung to the same melody as the following great hymn:

The Church is One Foundation

Recommended reading:

Psalter Hymnal
A Better Way: Rediscovering the Drama of God-Centered Worship, by Dr. Michael Horton
Some Thoughts on True Worship

Thursday, April 21, 2016

Recommended Psalm for Thursday, April 21, 2016

Now With Joyful Exultation, based on Psalm 95

Here are the words to this [paraphrased] Psalm:

1 Now with joyful exultation
let us sing to God our praise;
to the Rock of our salvation
loud hosannas let us raise.
Thankful tribute gladly bringing,
let us come before him now,
and, with psalms his praises singing,
joyful in his presence bow.

2 For how great a God, and glorious,
is the LORD of whom we sing;
over idol gods victorious,
great is he, our God and King.
In his hand are earth's deep places,
also his are all the hills;
his the sea whose bounds he traces,
his the land his bounty fills.

3 To the LORD, such might revealing,
let us come with reverence meet,
and, before our Maker kneeling,
let us worship at his feet.
He is our own God who leads us,
we the people of his care;
with a shepherd's hand he feeds us
as his flock in pastures fair.

4 While he offers peace and pardon
let us hear his voice today,
lest, if we our hearts should harden,
we should perish in the way
lest to us, so unbelieving,
he in judgment should declare:
"You, so long my Spirit grieving,
never in my rest will share."
Source: Hymnary.org

You may be more familiar with the following wonderful hymn: Love Divine All Loves Excelling (sung to the same tune)

Recommended reading:

Psalter Hymnal
A Better Way: Rediscovering the Drama of God-Centered Worship, by Dr. Michael Horton
Some Thoughts on True Worship

Previously recommended Psalms:

Recommended Psalm for Tuesday, April 19, 2016
Recommended Psalm for Monday, April 18, 2016
Recommended Psalm for Saturday, April 16, 2016
Recommended Psalm for Friday, April 15, 2016
Recommended Psalm for Thursday, April 14, 2016
Recommended Psalm for Wednesday, April 13, 2016
Recommended Psalm for Tuesday, April 12, 2016
Recommended Psalm for Monday, April 11, 2016
Recommended Psalm for Saturday, April 9, 2016
Recommended Psalm for Friday, April 8, 2016

Friday, April 15, 2016

Recommended Psalm for Friday, April 16, 2016

As the Hart About to Falter Based on Psalm 42: (Here is a link to the sheet music)

You may be more familiar with the more contemporary hymn As The Deer (sung to a different tune but based upon the same Psalm).

Recommended reading:

Psalter Hymnal
A Better Way: Rediscovering the Drama of God-Centered Worship, by Dr. Michael Horton
Some Thoughts on True Worship

Previously recommended Psalms:

Recommended Psalm for Thursday, April 14, 2016
Recommended Psalm for Wednesday, April 13, 2016
Recommended Psalm for Tuesday, April 12, 2016
Recommended Psalm for Monday, April 11, 2016
Recommended Psalm for Saturday, April 9, 2016
Recommended Psalm for Friday, April 8, 2016

Monday, April 11, 2016

Recommended Psalm for Monday, April 11, 2016

Wholehearted Thanksgiving Based on Psalm 9:

Here are the words:

1 Wholehearted thanksgiving to Thee I will bring;
In praise of Thy marvelous works I will sing,
In Thee I will joy and exultingly cry
Thy Name I will praise, O Jehovah Most High.

2 My enemies turn and are scattered in fear,
They stumble and perish because Thou art near;
For Thou hast defended my right and my cause,
Thou sittest in judgment, upholding Thy laws.

3 Rebuked are the nations, the wicked destroyed,
Their memory perished, their dwelling-place void;
Enthroned and eternal, Jehovah shall reign,
The peoples to judge and the right to maintain.

4 Thou, Lord, art a refuge for all the oppressed;
All trust Thee who know Thee, and trusting are blest;
For never, O Lord, did Thy mercy forsake
The soul that has sought of Thy grace to partake.

5 Give praise to Jehovah, the mighty deeds tell
Of Him Who has chosen in Zion to dwell,
Of Him to Whom justice and vengeance belong,
Who visits the lowly and overthrows wrong.

6 Behold my affliction, Thy mercy accord,
And back from death's portals restore me, O Lord,
That I in the gates of Thy Zion may raise
My song of salvation and show forth Thy praise.

7 The sins of the nations their ruin have wrought,
Their own evildoing destruction has brought;
In this the Lord's justice eternally stands,
That sinners are snared in the work of their hands.

8 The wicked shall perish, the nations shall fall
Forgetting their God, Who is God over all;
But God will remember the prayer of the weak,
Most surely fulfilling the hope of the meek.

9 Arise in Thy justice, O Lord, and Thy might,
No longer let sinners prevail in Thy sight;
Great Judge of the nations, in judgment appear
To humble the proud and to teach them to fear.

Source: Hymnary.org

You may be more familiar with the wonderful hymn To God Be The Glory (sung to the same tune).

Recommended reading:

Psalter Hymnal
A Better Way: Rediscovering the Drama of God-Centered Worship, by Dr. Michael Horton
Some Thoughts on True Worship

Previously recommended Psalms:

Recommended Psalm for Saturday, April 9, 2016
Recommended Psalm for Friday, April 8, 2016

Saturday, April 9, 2016

Recommended Psalm for Saturday, April 9, 2016

Within Thy Temple, Lord Based on Psalm 48:

Here are the words:

1 Within your temple, Lord,
we on your mercies dwell;
far as your name is known,
there does your praise excel:
your praises sound through ev'ry land,
and right your scepter shall command.

2 Let Zion's mount rejoice,
let Judah's daughters praise
the Lord with cheerful voice,
for judgment he displays;
go round the walls on Zion's mount,
go round her splendors to recount.

3 The tow'rs of Zion tell,
her palaces survey,
mark all her bulwarks well,
and to your children say:
"This God forever shall abide,
ev'n unto death, our God and guide."
Source: Trinity Hymnal (Rev. ed.) #373

You may be more familiar with the wonderful hymn Crown Him With Many Crown (sung to the same tune).

Recommended reading:

Psalter Hymnal
A Better Way: Rediscovering the Drama of God-Centered Worship, by Dr. Michael Horton
Some Thoughts on True Worship

Previously recommended Psalms:

Recommended Psalm for Friday, April 8, 2016