Como el ciervo (Like a Deer)

Hymn Information

First Line: Como el ciervo busca por las aguas (Like a deer, seeking streams of water)
Author: Juan Salinas
Translator: Mary Louise Bringle, b. 1953 (2011)
Tune Name: LLÉNAME
Composer: Juan Salinas
Arranger: Obed Valencia Lozada
Topic: Spiritual Thirst · Elements of Worship: Opening of Worship: Called And Gathered

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Full Text

Like a deer, seeking streams of water,
so my soul cries with longing for you, O Lord;
day and night, I thirst for only you,
and you alone do I seek.
Fill me, Lord. Fill me, O my Lord.
Give me more, more of your great love.
I thirst for you, only for you.
Fill my heart, O Lord.

Spanish:
Como el ciervo busca por las aguas,
así clama mi alma por ti, Señor;
dia y noche yo tengo sed de ti
y sólo a ti buscaré;
lléname, lléname, Señor,
dame más, más de tu amor;
yo tengo sed sólo de ti,
lléname, Señor.

Scripture References

Psalm 42:1-2

Confessions and Statements of Faith References

Further Reflections on Confessions and Statements of Faith References

In a world with many threats and enemies, we find hope and security in his fatherly care. Both Belgic Confession and Heidelberg Catechism put significant focus on the Providence of God and the care God provides for us. Heidelberg Catechism, Lord’s Day 9, Question and Answer 26 professes that he “will provide whatever I need for body and soul” and that we are “completely in his hand.” In Belgic Confession, Article 13 professes that he “watches over us with fatherly care.”

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Additional Prayers

O God, our Help in past, present, and future days,

you know our deepest thoughts and needs before we can even express them.

When our world turns upside down, help us to remember happier days—

not as something lost, but as a foretaste of good things yet to come.

We pray in the name of the coming King. Amen.

— Psalms for All Seasons (http://www.psalmsforallseasons.org)

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Tune Information

Name: LLÉNAME
Key: G Major

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Author Information

Mary Louise (Mel) Bringle (b. 1953) is Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies and chair of the Humanities Division at Brevard College (Brevard, NC). A teacher at heart and a theologian by training (with a Ph.D. from Emory University and an assortment of publications in pastoral theology), she began writing hymn texts in 1999. Since that time, she has won a number of international hymnwriting competitions. GIA Publications, Inc. has published two single-author collections of her hymns (Joy and Wonder, Love and Longing in 2002, and In Wind and Wonder in 2007), as well as anthems written in collaboration with composers like William Rowan, Sally Morris, and others. Her texts and translations are included in publications from numerous denominations, including Roman Catholic, Mennonite, Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, Episcopalian, United Church of Canada, and Church of Scotland. She served as President of The Hymn Society and was chair of the committee that prepared Glory to God, the 2013 hymnal for the Presbyterian Church USA.

— GIA Publications, Inc. (http://www.giamusic.com)