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Mashil of Asaph
Appears in 1 hymnal Scripture: Psalm 78 First Line: Give listening ear unto my law Lyrics: 1 Give list'ning ear unto my law,
Ye people that are mine:
Unto the sayings of my mouth
Do you your ear encline.
2 My mouth I'll ope with parables,
I'll speak of things hid of old:
3 Which we have heard and known, and which
Our fathers have us told.
4 Them from their children we'll not hide
But shew the age to come,
The Lord his praise, his strength and works
Of wonder, he hath done.
5 In Jacob he a witness set,
A law in Israel
He gave, which he our fathers charg'd
They should their children tell.
6 That th' age to come, and children which
Are to be born might know;
That they who should arise the same
Might to their children show
7 That they upon the mighty God
Their confidence might set:
God's works and his commandements
Might keep and not forget,
8 And might not like their fathers be,
A cross, stiff race, a race
That set not right their hearts; nor firm
With God their spirit was.
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9 The armed sons of Ephraim,
That went out with their bow,
Did turn their back the day wherein
They did to battle go.
10 God's cov'nant they observed not,
To walk in' law deny'd.
11 His works and wonders they forgot,
That he to them prescrib'd.
12 He many wondrous things did work
Before their father's eyes;
Within the land of Egypt seen,
In Zoan's field likewise.
13 Asunder he the sea did part,
And caus'd them through to pass:
And he the waters made to stand,
That as an heap it was.
14 With cloud by day, with fire by night
15 He led the. Rocks he clave
In wilderness: as from great deeps
Drink unto them he gave
16 Ev'n from out the stony rock
Streams he did bring also,
And caused the water to run down
Like as the rivers do.
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17 Moreover they did add yet more
Against him for to sin:
By their provoking the most high
The wilderness within.
18 Moreover they within their heart
By tempting God did try:
By asking earnestly for meat
Their lusts to satisfy.
19 And spake against the mighty God;
Is God able (they said)
Within the desart wilderness
A table us to spread?
20 Lo, he the rock smote, waters thence
Gush'd out, and streams did flow:
Can he for's people flesh provide?
Can he give bread also?
21 The Lord heard, he was wroth for this
So kindled was a fire
'Gainst Jacob, and 'gainst Israel
There came up wrathful ire.
22 For they in God believed not,
Nor in his health did hope.
23 Tho' from above he charg'd the clouds,
And door of heav'n set ope.
24 On them he manna rain'd to eat,
And gave them heaven's wheat.
25 Each man of them eat angel's food;
To th' full he sent them meat.
26 I'th' heav'ns he made the east wind blow
Brought south wind by his pow'r.
27 He flesh on them like dust, wing'd fowls
Like sand of seas did show'r.
28 And in the middest of their camp
He caused it to fall;
Ev'n round about on ev'ry side
Their dwelling places all:
29 So they did eat, they willed were
Abundantly also:
For that which was their own desire
He did on them bestow.
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30 They from their lusting appetite
Were not estrang'd at all:
But while their meat was in their mouth,
31 God's wrath did on them fall,
And slew their fat ones, and smote down
The choice of Israel's men.
32 Yea for all this they sinn'd, nor did
Believe his wonders then.
33 Therefore in vanity the days
He of their life did spend;
And he their years brought hastily
Unto a fearful end.
34 When he them slew, then after him
They sought with their desire:
And they return'd and after God
They early did inquire.
35 Likewise that God was their strong rock
They call'd to memory.
And how that their redeemer was
The mighty God most high.
36 Yet with their mouth they flattered,
And to him their tongues ly'd.
37 Nor was their heart right with him, nor
In's cov'nant did abide.
38 But full of mercy he forgave
Their sin, nor them destroy'd,
Nor all his anger rais'd, but oft
He turn'd his wrath aside.
39 For he recalled unto mind,
How that frail flesh they were;
And as it were a passing wind
That doth no more appear.
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40 How oft in desart vex'd they him,
And grief put him upon?
41 Yea, they did turn, tempt God,and did
Stint Israel's holy one.
42 His hand they did not keep in mind,
Nor on the day they thought
Wherein he from the enemy
For their deliv'rance wrought.
43 He he his signs miraculous
In Egypt wrought likewise:
And also in the field of Zoan
His fearful prodigies.
44 Also how he their rivers had
Converted into blood;
That they, tho' thirsty, could not drink
The waters of the flood.
45 Among them which did them devour,
He sent forth divers flies:
Yea, to destroy them, he sent forth
The noisome frogs likewise.
46 To caterpillars gave their fruit,
To locusts gave their toil.
47 He did their vines destroy with hail,
With frost their fig-trees spoil.
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48 Their cattle he deliver'd up
Unto the hail also:
And he their herds of cattle gave
Hot thunder bolts unto.
49 He cast on them fierce ire and wrath
and indignation strong:
And sore distress by sending forth
Ill angels them among.
50 He made a way unto his wrath,
Their soul he did not save
From death, but unto pestilence
Their sinful lives he gave.
51 He within Egypt land also
The first-born all did smite;
Those who within the tents of Ham
Were chiefest of their might.
52 But like a flock of sheep he made
His people forth to go.
And in the desart like a flock
He guided them also.
53 In safety he them led likewise,
So that they did not fear:
But in the sea their enemies
He overwhelmed there.
54 To border of his holy place
Them happily he brought:
Yea, even to his mountain which
By his right hand be bought.
55 For them he cast the heathen out,
He did their lot divide
By line, and Israel's tribe he made
In their tents to abide.
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56 Yet they did tempt and bitterly
Did grieve the God most high;
Also his testimomies they
Kept not attentively.
57 But like their fathers back they turn'd
And faithlessness did show.
They turned were aside ev'n like
To a deceitful bow.
58 For they to anger did provoke
Him with their places high;
And with their graven images
Mov'd him to jealousy.
59 God hearing this was wrath, and loath'd
Isr'el with hatred great.
60 So Shiloh's tent he left, the tent
Which he among men set.
61 And he deliver'd up his strength
Into captivity;
Also into the en'mies hand
His glorious majesty.
62 To sword his people gave, and was
Wroth with his heritage.
63 Their young men are devour'd, their maids
None gave in marriage.
64 Their priests fell by the sword; likewise
Their widows did not weep.
65 Then did the Lord arise as one
Awaken'd out of sleep.
Like as a strong man after wine
66 Doth shout. He also smote
His foes behind; so gave he them
An everlasting blot.
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67 Then he did Joseph's tent refuse,
Nor Ephraim's tribe approv'd.
68 But did the tribe of Judah chuse,
Mount Zion which he lov'd.
69 His holy place he builded then
Like palaces on high:
Like to the earth which he confirm'd
To perpetuity.
70 He of his servant David then
Did his election make;
And from the place of folding in
The sheep he did him take.
71 From following the ews with young
He did him then advance
His people Jacob for to feed,
Isra'ls inheritance.
72 So he them fed according to
His heart's integrity;
And by his skilfulness of hand
Them led accordingly.
Mashil of Asaph
My people close Attention give
Appears in 1 hymnal Scripture: Psalm 78 Lyrics: 1. My People close Attention give,
And my Instruction wisely hear;
To wholsome Words, which I shall speak,
Bow an obedient list'ning Ear.
2. My Mouth shall Parables relate;
And ancient Mysteries unfold;
3. Which we our selves have heard, and known;
And what our Fathers have us told
4. We'll not conceal them from their Sons,
But to the future Race make known,
Jehovah's Praise, his mighty Strength,
And wondrous Works which he hath done!
5. A Witness he, in Jacob, fix'd.
In Isr'el his good Laws ordain'd;
And charg'd our Fathers, all their Seed,
In Knowledge of them, should be train'd.
6. That Generations yet to come,
Piously taught, these Things might know;
Their Children, yet unborn, might rise.
And them to their Descendants show.
7. That they their Hope, on God alone,
Thro' ev'ry Age, might firmly stay;
The Works of God might not forget,
But learn his Precepts to obey.
8. And might not, like our Fathers, prove
A stubborn, and rebellious, Race:
Whose Heart was not sincere vwith God,
Nor Spirit stedfast in his Grace.
9. The armed Sons of Ephraim,
Train'd to the Use of Dart, and Bow,
In Day of Battle turn'd their Backs,
And meanly fled before the Foe.
ID. They broke the Cov'nant of their God,
And did his sacred Laws despise:
11. Forgat his Works, and Miracles,
Which he had wrought before their Eyes.
Second Part
11. He Wonders to their Father's shew'd.
In Zoan's Field, in Egypt's Land.
13. He clave the Sea, thro' which they pass'd,
And made, in Heap's, the Waters stand.
14. He led them with a Cloud, by Day,
And Fire, by Night; their Way to keep.
15. He in he Desert, clave the Rocks,
And gave them Drink, as from the Deep.
16. He fetch'd out Streams, from flinty Rocks,
They ran, like Rivers, by their Path.
17. Yet, in the Desert, more they sinn'd;
And the Most-High provok'd to Wrath.
18. For God they tempted in their Heart,
By asking Meat, as Lust them led.
19. Yea, against God they spake, and said,
"Can God, in Deserts, Tables spread?
20. "'Tis true;, he smote the Rock, and thence
"The Waters gush'd, and Streams o'erflow;
"But can he give Supplys of Bread?
"Or Flesh, on all this Host, bestow?
21. Jehovah heard, was very wroth.
And flaming Fire on Jacob fell;
His burning Anger fiercely rose,
Against unthankful Israel.
22. Because they God would not believe;
Nor in his Care, and Help, confide.
23. Tho' his Command, the Clouds above,
And Doors of Hcav'n, had open'd wide.
24. He rain'd down Manna, for their Bread;
And gave them Corn, from Heav'n, to eat.
25. Thus Man was fed with Angel's Food!
And to th' Full he gave them Meat.
26. In Heav'n he made the East Wind blow,
And rais'd the South, by his Command.
27. On them he rain'd down Flesh, like Dust;
Wing'd Fowl, as Seas unnumber'd Sand.
28. He lct it fall within their Camp;
And with it spread their Tents around.
29. So they did eat, and were well fill'd;
For thus their own Desire he crown'd.
30. Their Lusting still remained uncur'd;
But while the Meat was in their Throat,
31. God's Wrath arose, and slew their Chiefs;
Down Isr'el's chosen young Men smote.
Third Part
32. Yet, for all this, they sinned still;
His wondrous Works gain'd no Belief.
33. Thence he their Days consum'd in vain,
Their Years in terrifying Grief.
34.When some he slew, they fought him then;
And turn'd to God, with early Cry.
35. They call'd to Mind he was their Rock,
And their Redeemer, God Most-High.
36, But him they flatter'd with their Mouth;
And with their Tongues they basely ly'd.
37. For still their Heart was not sincere;
Nor in his Cov'nant did abide.
38. Yet full of Mercy, he forgave;
Nor brought them to Destruction quite:
Yea, oft he turn'd his Anger by;
Nor once did all his Wrath excite.
39. For he remember'd, they were frail,
Weak Flesh, whose greatest Strength is vain;
A Puff of Wind, which flyes away,
And never more returns again.
40. How oft they God provok'd, and griev'd.
In Deserts, where his Pow'r was shown?
41. They turned back, and tempted God,
Did limit Isr'el's holy One.
Fourtb Part
42. They thought not on the Hand,nor Day,
Which from their Foes Deliv'rance brought.
43. How God his Signs, in Egypt's Land,
In Zoan's Field, his Wonders, wrought,
44. He turn'd their Rivers, and their Streams,
To Blood; they could not drink the Gore.
45. Huge Swarms of divers Flies, and Frogs,
He sent to plague, and to devour.
46. To Caterpillars, he, their Store,
And Labcurs to the Locust, doom'd.
47. Their chearing Vines, he kiil'd with Hail;
Their Sycomores with Frost consum'd.
48. He gave their Cattle to the Hail;
their Flocks hot Thunder-Bolts devour'd.
49. On them he cast his fiercest Wrath,
And Troops of evil Angels pour'd.
50. He weigh'd his Angel's Path, nor spar'd
From Death; the Plague upon them came.
51. Egypt's First-born he smote, the chief,
And Strength, of all the Land of Ham.
52. But forth, like Sheep, he led his Tribes;
Thro' Deserts his own Flock did guide.
53. He led them safely, without Fear,
Where, on their Foes, he rowl'd the Tide.
54. He them conducted, till they reach'd
The Borders of his holy Land;
Till to this Mountain they arriv'd,
The Purchase of his own Right-hand.
55, The heathen Tribes, he did expel,
Before their Face; to them divide
Their Lots by Line; and made the Tribes
Of Isr'el in their Tents reside.
Fifth Part
56. They tempted still, and God Most-high
Provok'd; nor did his Laws obey.
57. They, like their Fathers, falsly dealt;
Like a false Bow, they turn'd away.
58. His Anger their high Places stir'd;
Their Idols mov'd his Jealousy.
59. When God heard this, then he was wroth,
And loathed Isr'el vehemently.
60. Then Sbiloh's Tent he quite forsook;
Where he was wont with Men to dwell:
61. Th' Ark of his Strength he captive sold;
In Hands of Foes his Glory fell.
62. He gave his People to the Sword;
Against his Heritage he flam'd.
63. Their young Men were with Fire consum'd;
The Nuptial Songs were rarely nam'd.
64. Their guilty Priests fell by the Sword;
Nor did their Widows scarce repine.
65. Jehovah rous'd, as one from Sleep;
As strong Men shout, enflam'd with Wine.
66. Then, in the hinder Parts, he smote,
And put to endless Shame, their Foes.
67. Yet did he Joseph^s Tent refuse;
Nor more the Tribe of Ephraim chose,
6%. But he selected Judah's Tribe;
The Mountain Sion, which he lov'd.
69. There rais'd his Temple up on high;
And fix'd it, like the Earth, unmov'd.
70. He chose his Servant David, whom
He from the Sheepfold did advance;
71. From tending Ewes, Jacob to feed,
And Isr'el, his Inheritance.
72. So he the Tribes of Isr'el led,
With great Integrity of Heart;
And guided all their State-Affairs,
With skilfull Hands, and prudent Art.
My people close Attention give
The Hidden Stream
Author: Thomas H. Troeger (1945-) Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 1 hymnal Scripture: Psalm 78:1-4 First Line: The hidden stream that feeds Topics: Call and Vocation; Dismissal; Water Used With Tune: HIDDEN STREAM
The Hidden Stream
Ye sons of Israel, faithful tribes, attend
Appears in 1 hymnal Scripture: Psalm 78 Lyrics: 1 Ye sons of Israel, faithful tribes, attend;
A lsft'ning ear to these my numbers lend;
2 My flowing numbers marvels shall unfold,
Which were in parables conceal'd of old;
3 Which from our ancient fathers we have known;
4 Which shall to late posterity be shewn:
Yes; I, no simple bard, whom heav'n inspires
(E'en now my soul celestial transport fires!)
I will the wonders of th' Almighty sing,
The pow'r, the praises, of our God, our king.
5 For, when he made with Abr'ham's favour'd line
A league, confirm'd by sanctions most divine,
Them his peculiar people when he chose,
This, his determin'd will, he did impose,
That they his law, the wonders he had done,
For ever to their after-race make known;
7 That, mindful of his mercies and his word,
Firmly they might rely upon their Lord;
The statutes, that he had ordain'd, observe,
And never from his dread commandments swerve:
8 Never, like their rebellious fathers, prove
Ingrate and stubborn to almighty love;
Never, like them, distrust his gracious pow'r,
But wait his mercy, and his name adore.
9 Ye sons of Ephraim, why, when strongly arm'd
With bow, with spear, so dreadfully alarm'd?
Why fly your foes in the embattl'd field?
Why, when the fight began, so basely yield?
10 Alas! the sacred cov'nant they 'ad forgot,
Their God's most holy law regarded not;
11 Forgot the wonders of his mighty hand,
12 His glorious acts in Egypt's idol-land;
His glorious acts, that all their fathers saw,
That struck proud Pharaoh's harden'd heart with awe.
13 He for their passage made the sea divide;
Her waves a rampier form'd on either side;
14 With a dun cloud he led them in the day;
By night a stream of fire directs their way;
15 In the dry desart, fainting and athirst,
They cried--his ears their piteous plainings pierc'd.
He from the rock his plenteous streams bestow'd,
The rock he smote, and pour'd a limpid flood.
17 Yet still they sinn'd against his sov'reign pow'r,
And by their faithless murmurs vex'd him sore:
18 Dar'd in their thankless hearts to tempt their God,
And ask'd with highest insolence for food.
19 Great was their blasphemy, when thus they said;
"In the lone desart can he furnish bread?
20 "True; in our need the veiny rock he smote,
"And in full torrents gush'd the waters out.
"Food to supply, is sure beyond his pow'r,
"And where of bread, of flesh, his secret store?"
21 This heard the Lord, and strait his anger rose;
With dread resentment 'gainst his tribes he glows;
22 'Cause they, tho' such great mercies they'd receiv'd,
Still wanted faith, nor in his power believ'd.
23 Yet did he open strait the doors of heav'n;
24 Above their hopes, celestial food was giv'n;
In plenteous show'rs th' ambrosial manna fell,
Meats, that did far all earthly cates excel.
25 O blest result of clemency divine!
Meats, such as angels eat, he gave, benign;
26 He drove the east wind from the fields of air,
And bad the south his flaggy wings prepare;
27 The south obey'd, and pour'd a feather'd flood,
Birds of the richest flavour for their food.
O'er the astonish'd camp in heaps they lay,
Thick as the scatter'd sand along the sea,
29 And now they are with heavenly cates replete;
30 Yet still their lusts continue, while they eat,
31 E'en while they eat, the God, that's ever just,
Made them the victims of their wretched lust;
In his dread fury on the camp he flew,
And the most valiant of their chieftains slew.
32 Yet vain th' inflictions of his vengeance prov'd;
Nor yet his great beneficence remov'd
30 Their horrid guilt--at length, provok'd, their God
With all his rage and all his fury glow'd,
Their vitals with a dread distemper struck,
Their wounded souls with all his horrors shook.
34 Driv'n, by his vengeance, him they own'd their Lord,
His pow'r ackhowledg'd, and his help implor'd;
35 Own'd, they subsisted by his mighty aid,
That he redeem'd them, and their foes dismay'd.
36 Yet this they only with their lips confest;
Conviction cou'd not reach their harden'd breast;
37 Their vile demeanour, not their hearts, they chang'd,
Their hearts from his blest statutes still estrang'd.
38 Still he in mercy wou'd their crimes forgive;
Still in his favour he wou'd let them live;
Full oft his fearful anger he forbore,
And did, to health, to peace, their souls restore;
39 For he consider'd them of mortal birth,
That they were still but quicken'd lumps of earth;
Or empty shadows of a summer's day,
That, like a fleeting wind, post swift away,
40 And yet how oft ungrateful did they prove
To all the efforts of his tender love;
41 Measur'd almighty strength by their short line,
And, obstinate, denied his pow'r divine!
42 Their great deliv'rance they remember'd not,
Soon they the mercies of his arm forgot;
For them how he stupendous wonders wrought,
And 'gainst Egyptian rage their battles fought.
44 How with infected streams their rivers flow'd,
Their limpid waters ting'd with filthy blood:
45 Range o'er_their dwellings the devouring fly,
And marshy frog, their palaces annoy;
46 The locusts and destructive beetles swarm
Around their fields, and do them dreadful harm:
47 Their vines are ruin'd by the beating hail,
And o'er their trees the blasting frosts prevail:
48 His hail destroys the cattle of the plain,
And all their flocks are by his thunder slain:
49 Dread in his wrath, he all his vengeance pourd.
Full on their heads his indignation roar'd;
In heaviest trouble, in distress they lay,
And in-born furies on their vitals prey.
50 Stalks death around, in all his horrors clad,
And beast and man devouring plagues invade.
51 Hark! what sad moans! what unavailing cries!
The favour'd son, the father's darling, dies!
Joy of his years, and heir to his domain!
He dies; and mourns parental love in vain!
52 Mean while, as leads the swain his woolly care,
Our God did for his tribes their way prepare;
53 Fearless, they went; and joyful reach the shore,
While the returning waves their foes devour.
54 Safely he brought them to the sacred hill,
That holy mount where chose himself to dwell;
55 For them the impious nations chac'd away,
And made their fertile lands his people's prey.
56 Yet still provoking, they their God defied,
Despis'd his statutes, and his patience tried;
57 Just like their fathers they rebellious prov'd,
And from the even path of duty rov'd;
Like a deceitful bow they turn'd, and soon
Their wonted blasphemy and crimes begun.
58 Their Lord eternal they no more obey'd,
But after gods, that were not gods, they stray'd;
On each high hill their adorations pay
To images of brass, of stone, of clay.
59 This saw th' Almighty, and his anger rose;
He now abhorr'd the people he had chose;
60 Them of his glad'ning presence he bereft,
And his own altar, his dear Shiloh, left:
61 His hallow'd ark no more in Judah stands,
Whence beam'd his glorious light to distant lands;
The sacred monument of his people's peace,
Pledge of his awful law, the foes possess.
62 His people war with her fell train destroys,
While with regardless ears he hears their cries.
63 Their lusty youth are by the flames devour'd;
Fall their hoar priests by th' unrelenting sword;
No more the nuptial bed, the virgin-throng
Expect, or join the hymeneal song;
No more the widows for their consorts sigh,
And in the grave they unlamented lie.
65 At length his furious anger was appeas'd;
And soon the insults of the heathen ceas'd;
As from a heavy sleep our God arose,
And pour'd his dreadful vengeance on our foes:
66 Struck with a quick alarm, they turn, they fly;
In vain--for by his fatal shafts they die;
And, while yon sun shall sjine, continued shame,
Continued infamy awaits their name.
67 Yet not to Epbraim, tho' his sons were brave,
Nor to Manasseh, he the sceptre gave;
68 His favour'd choice the tribe of Judah prov'd;
The hill of Sion was the hill he lov'd.
69 There he his sacred seat for ever plac'd,
His temple there with his bright presence blest;
Firm as the globe, the hallow'd dome shall stand,
Firm shall remain, till nature's self shall end.
70 And him who tended long his fleecy care,
71 Who drove his fatlings to the pastures fair,
David, his servant, has he call'd bis own,
And fix'd the humble shepherd on a throne;
O'er his own fav'rite people gives him sway,
And bids the sons of Abraham obey,
72 By him supported, in his prowess strong,
His flock with faithful care he 'as govern'd long;
Protects them from the fury of the foe,
And teaches them the laws of heav'n to know.
Ye sons of Israel, faithful tribes, attend
Yet still they sin'd nor would afford
Appears in 1 hymnal Scripture: Psalm 78
Yet still they sin'd nor would afford
Yet still they tempted, still provok'd
Appears in 1 hymnal Scripture: Psalm 78
Yet still they tempted, still provok'd
Come to the Waters
Author: Tony Barr Appears in 1 hymnal Scripture: Psalm 78 First Line: The earth lies parched and dry in the sun Refrain First Line: Come to the waters, come drnk new wine (Come to your people, be God for us) (God will attend to the cry of the poor) Topics: Communion Processional Hymns; Covenant/Law; God's Presence; Justice; Lent; Thirsting for God Used With Tune: [Come to the waters, come drink new wine]
Come to the Waters
God of all learning
Author: Carolyn Winfrey Gillette Meter: 5.5.5.4 D Appears in 1 hymnal Scripture: Psalm 78:5-6 Topics: Children and Youth Used With Tune: BUNESSAN
God of all learning
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