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O God, why hast Thou cast us off?
Appears in 12 hymnals Used With Tune: WHY CAST OFF?
O God, why hast Thou cast us off?
WHY CAST OFF?
Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Dr. J. B. Herbert Incipit: 34556 51712 12343 Used With Text: O God, why hast Thou cast us off?
WHY CAST OFF?
[O God, why hast thou cast us off]
Appears in 8 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Samuel W. Ball; Wm. B. Bradbury Incipit: 55556 65511 76715 Used With Text: The Church Under Divine Discipline
[O God, why hast thou cast us off]
Psalm 74: O God, why hast thou cast us off?
Hymnal: Scottish Psalter and Paraphrases #P80 (1800) Meter: 8.6.8.6 First Line: O God, why hast thou cast us off? Lyrics:
1O God, why hast thou cast us off?
is it for evermore?
Against thy pasture-sheep why doth
thine anger smoke so sore?
2O call to thy rememberance
thy congregation,
Which thou hast purchased of old;
still think the same upon:
The rod of thine inheritance,
which thou redeemed hast,
This Sion hill, wherein thou hadst
thy dwelling in times past.
3To these long desolations
thy feet lift, do not tarry;
For all the ills thy foes have done
within thy sanctuary.
4Amidst thy congregations
thine enemies do roar:
Their ensigns they set up for signs
of triumph thee before.
5A man was famous, and was had
in estimation,
According as he lifted up
his axe thick trees upon.
6But all at once with axes now
and hammers they go to,
And down the carved work thereof
they break, and quite undo.
7They fired have thy sanctuary,
and have defil’d the same,
By casting down unto the ground
the place where dwelt thy name.
8Thus said they in their hearts, Let us
destroy them out of hand:
They burnt up all the synagogues
of God within the land.
9Our signs we do not now behold;
there is not us among
A prophet more, nor any one
that knows the time how long.
10How long, Lord, shall the enemy
thus in reproach exclaim?
And shall the adversary thus
always blaspheme thy name?
11Thy hand, ev’n thy right hand of might,
why dost thou thus draw back?
O from thy bosom pluck it out
for our deliv’rance sake.
12For certainly God is my King,
ev’n from the times of old,
Working in midst of all the earth
salvation manifold.
13The sea, by thy great pow’r, to part
asunder thou didst make;
And thou the dragons’ heads, O Lord,
within the waters brake.
14The leviathan’s head thou brak’st
in pieces, and didst give
Him to be meat unto the folk
in wilderness that live.
15Thou clav’st the fountain and the flood,
which did with streams abound:
Thou dry’dst the mighty waters up
unto the very ground.
16Thine only is the day, O Lord,
thine also is the night;
And thou alone prepared hast
the sun and shining light.
17By thee the borders of the earth
were settled ev’ry where:
The summer and the winter both
by thee created were.
18That th’ enemy reproached hath,
O keep it in record;
And that the foolish people have
blasphem’d thy name, O Lord.
19Unto the multitude do not
thy turtle’s soul deliver:
The congregation of thy poor
do not forget for ever.
20Unto thy cov’nant have respect;
for earth’s dark places be
Full of the habitations
of horrid cruelty.
21O let not those that be oppress’d
return again with shame:
Let those that poor and needy are
give praise unto thy name.
22Do thou, O God, arise and plead
the cause that is thine own:
Remember how thou art reproach’d
still by the foolish one.
23Do not forget the voice of those
that are thine enemies:
Of those the tumult ever grows
that do against thee rise.
Scripture: Psalm 74 Languages: English
Psalm 74: O God, why hast thou cast us off?
O God, why hast thou cast us off?
Hymnal: The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook #P74a (2004) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Lyrics: 1 O God, why hast thou cast us off?
is it for evermore?
Against thy pasture-sheep why doth
thine anger smoke so sore?
2 The congregation of thy choice
in thy remembrance hold,
the people who have purchased been
by thee in days of old.
The tribe of thine inheritance,
which thou redeemed hast,
this Zion hill, wherein thou hadst
thy dwelling in the past.
3 To these long desolations, Lord,
thy feet lift, tarry not,
for all the ills thy foes within
thy holy place have wrought.
4 In midst of thine own meeting-place
thine enemies do roar:
their ensigns they set up for signs
of triumph thee before.
5 It seemed as if one lifted up
is axe thick trees upon —
6 and now with hammer and with axe
they break its carvings down.
7 They fired have thy sanctuary,
and have defiled the same,
by casting down unto the ground
the place where dwelt thy name.
8 Thus said they in their hearts, Let us
destroy them out of hand:
they burnt up all the synagogues
of God within the land.
9 Our signs we do not now behold;
there is not us among
a prophet more, nor any one
that knows the time how long.
10 How long then shall the foe, O God,
reproachfully exclaim?
And shall the adversary thus
always blaspheme thy name?
11 Thy hand, even thy right hand of might,
to stretch forth why delay?
why dost thou thus draw back?
O from thy bosom pluck it out
and sweep them quite away.
Scripture: Psalm 74:1-11 Languages: English Tune Title: ST NEOT
O God, why hast thou cast us off?
Psalm 74
Hymnal: Foundations Psalter #74 (2023) First Line: O God, why hast thou cast us off? Lyrics: 1 O God, why hast thou cast us off?
is it for evermore?
Against thy pasture-sheep why doth
thine anger smoke so sore?
2 O call to thy rememberance
thy congregätion,
Which thou hast purchasèd of old;
still think the same upon:
The rod of thine inheritance,
which thou redeemèd hast,
This Zion hill, wherein thou hadst
thy dwelling in times past.
3 To these long desolätions
thy feet lift, do not tarry;
For all the ills thy foes have done
within thy sanctuary.
4 Amidst thy congregätions
thine enemies do roar:
Their ensigns they set up for signs
of triumph thee before.
5 A man was famous, and was had
in estimätion,
According as he lifted up
his axe thick trees upon.
6 But all at once with axes now
and hammers they go to,
And down the carvèd work thereof
they break, and quite undo.
7 They firèd have thy sanctuary,
and have defiled the same,
By casting down unto the ground
the place where dwelt thy name.
8 Thus said they in their hearts, Let us
destroy them out of hand:
They burnt up all the synagogues
of God within the land.
9 Our signs we do not now behold;
there is not us among
A prophet more, nor any one
that knows the time how long.
10 How long, Lord, shall the enemy
thus in reproach exclaim?
And shall the adversary thus
always blaspheme thy name?
11 Thy hand, ev'n thy right hand of might,
why dost thou thus draw back?
O from thy bosom pluck it out
for our deliv'rance sake.
12 For certainly God is my King,
ev'n from the times of old,
Working in midst of all the earth
salvation manifold.
13 The sea, by thy great pow'r, to part
asunder thou didst make;
And thou the dragons' heads, O Lord,
within the waters brake.
14 The leviathan's head thou brak'st
in pieces, and didst give
Him to be meat unto the folk
in wilderness that live.
15 Thou clav'st the fountain and the flood,
which did with streams abound:
Thou dry'dst the mighty waters up
unto the very ground.
16 Thine only is the day, O Lord,
thine also is the night;
And thou alone preparèd hast
the sun and shining light.
17 By thee the borders of the earth
were settled ev'ry where:
The summer and the winter both
by thee created were.
18 That th' enemy reproachèd hath,
O keep it in record;
And that the foolish people have
blasphemed thy name, O Lord.
19 Unto the multitude do not
thy turtle's soul deliver:
The congregation of thy poor
do not forget for ever.
20 Unto thy cov'nant have respect;
for earth's dark places be
Full of the habitätions
of horrid cruelty.
21 O let not those that be oppressed
return again with shame:
Let those that poor and needy are
give praise unto thy name.
22 Do thou, O God, arise and plead
the cause that is thine own:
Remember how thou art reproached
still by the foolish one.
23 Do not forget the voice of those
that are thine enemies:
Of those the tumult ever grows
that do against thee rise. Scripture: Psalm 74 Languages: English
Psalm 74
J. B. Herbert
1852 - 1927 Person Name: Dr. J. B. Herbert Composer of "WHY CAST OFF?" in Bible Songs
J. B. Herbert
William B. Bradbury
1816 - 1868 Person Name: Wm. B. Bradbury Arranger of "[O God, why hast thou cast us off]" in Bible Songs William Bachelder Bradbury USA 1816-1868. Born at York, ME, he was raised on his father's farm, with rainy days spent in a shoe-shop, the custom in those days. He loved music and spent spare hours practicing any music he could find. In 1830 the family moved to Boston, where he first saw and heard an organ and piano, and other instruments. He became an organist at 15. He attended Dr. Lowell Mason's singing classes, and later sang in the Bowdoin Street church choir. Dr. Mason became a good friend. He made $100/yr playing the organ, and was still in Dr. Mason's choir. Dr. Mason gave him a chance to teach singing in Machias, ME, which he accepted. He returned to Boston the following year to marry Adra Esther Fessenden in 1838, then relocated to Saint John, New Brunswick. Where his efforts were not much appreciated, so he returned to Boston. He was offered charge of music and organ at the First Baptist Church of Brooklyn. That led to similar work at the Baptist Tabernacle, New York City, where he also started a singing class. That started singing schools in various parts of the city, and eventually resulted in music festivals, held at the Broadway Tabernacle, a prominent city event. He conducted a 1000 children choir there, which resulted in music being taught as regular study in public schools of the city. He began writing music and publishing it. In 1847 he went with his wife to Europe to study with some of the music masters in London and also Germany. He attended Mendelssohn funeral while there. He went to Switzerland before returning to the states, and upon returning, commenced teaching, conducting conventions, composing, and editing music books. In 1851, with his brother, Edward, he began manufacturring Bradbury pianos, which became popular. Also, he had a small office in one of his warehouses in New York and often went there to spend time in private devotions. As a professor, he edited 59 books of sacred and secular music, much of which he wrote. He attended the Presbyterian church in Bloomfield, NJ, for many years later in life. He contracted tuberculosis the last two years of his life.
John Perry
William B. Bradbury
William Allen
1784 - 1868 Author of "O God, why hast thou cast us off? Is it forevermore?" Allen, William, D.D., born at Pittsfield, Mass., 1784, graduated at Harvard, 1802. He became Pastor of Pittsfield, 1810; President of Dartmouth University, 1817, and of Bowdoin College, 1820-1839. He died at Northampton, 1868. He published the American Biographical and Historical Dictionary, 1809; Psalms and Hymns, 1835. The latter contains ver¬sions of all the Psalms, and 200 original hymns. Some of the hymns, especially those about slavery, are curious. Five are found in Campbell's Comprehensive Hymn Book, Lond., 1837. His compositions have almost entirely passed out of use. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.]
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
William Allen
