520. Your Hand, O Lord, in Days of Old

1 Your hand, O Lord, in days of old
Was strong to heal and save;
It triumphed o'er disease and death,
All darkness and the grave.
To you they came, the blind, the dumb,
The paralyzed and lame,
The lepers in their misery,
The sick with fevered frame.

2 Your touch then, Lord, brought life and health,
Gave speech and strength and sight;
And youth renewed and frenzy calmed
Revealed you, Lord of light.
And now, O Lord, be near to bless,
Almighty as before,
In crowded street, by beds of pain,
As by Gennes'ret's shore.

3 Oh, be our great deliv'rer still,
The Lord of life and death;
Restore and quicken, soothe and bless,
With your life-giving breath.
To hands that work and eyes that see
Give wisdom's healing pow'r
That whole and sick and weak and strong
May praise you evermore.

Text Information
First Line: Your hand, O Lord, in days of old
Title: Your Hand, O Lord, in Days of Old
Author: Edward H. Plumptre, 1821-91 (alt.)
Meter: CM D
Language: English
Publication Date: 1993
Topic: Social Concern
Tune Information
Name: KINGSFOLD
Meter: CM D
Key: e minor
Source: English folk tune, 19th century, adapt.
Copyright: Setting: Reprinted by permission of Oxford University Press.



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