Jeová, Sê Nosso Guia

Representative Text

1 Jeová, sê nosso guia
Ao lugar da promissão
Somos fracos, mas confiamos
Na divina proteção.
Dá-nos, Cristo, teu socorro
E afasta a tentação
E afasta a tentação.

2 Faz, Senhor, que se propaguem
Boas novas de Sião.
Um pilar de fogo e nuvem
Nos será por pavilhão.
Ó Messias prometido,
Eis a tua legião
Eis a tua legião.

3 Ao sentir tremer a terra,
Dá-nos forças e valor.
E, chegando o julgamento,
Ergue o braço protetor.
Em teu reino, louvaremos
O teu nome com fervor
O teu nome com fervor!

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #15175

Author: William Williams

William Williams, called the "Watts of Wales," was born in 1717, at Cefn-y-coed, near Llandovery, Carmarthenshire. He originally studied medicine, but abandoned it for theology. He was ordained Deacon in the Church of England, but was refused Priest's Orders, and subsequently attached himself to the Calvinistic Methodists. For half a century he travelled in Wales, preaching the Gospel. He died in 1791. Williams composed his hymns chiefly in the Welsh language; they are still largely used by various religious bodies in the principality. Many of his hymns have appeared in English, and have been collected and published by Sedgwick. His two principal poetical works are "Hosannah to the Son of David," and "Gloria in Excelsis." --Annotati… Go to person page >

Translator: Anonymous

In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries. Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Jeová, sê nosso guia
Title: Jeová, Sê Nosso Guia
English Title: Guide me, O Thou great Jehovah
Author: William Williams
Translator: Anonymous
Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7.7
Language: Portuguese
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

CWM RHONDDA

The popularity of Williams's text ("Guide me, O thou great Jehovah") is undoubtedly aided by its association with CWM RHONDDA, composed in 1905 by John Hughes (b. Dowlais, Glamorganshire, Wales, 1873; d. Llantwit Fardre, Wales, 1932) during a church service for a Baptist Cymanfa Ganu (song festival)…

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