The Cyber Hymnal ‎#13706

13706. Thou, Sore Oppressed

1 Thou, sore oppressed, the Sabbath rest
In yon still grave art keeping;
All Thy labor now is done,
Past is all Thy weeping.

2 The strife is o’er, naught hurts Thee more:
The heart at last has slumbered
That in conflict sore for us
Bore our sins unnumbered.

3 Thou awful tomb, once filled with gloom,
How blessèd and how holy
Art thou now, since in the grave
Slept the Savior lowly!

4 How calm and blest the dead now rest
Who in the Lord departed:
All their works do follow them,
Yea, they sleep glad-hearted!

5 O lead us Thou to rest e’en now
With all who, surely anguished
’Neath the burden of their sins,
Long in woe have languished.

Text Information

• First Line: Thou, sore oppressed, the Sabbath rest
• Title: Thou, Sore Oppressed
• German Title: Nun gingst auch du zur Sabbathsruh
• Author: Victor von Strauß und Torney
• Translator: Catherine Winkworth
• Language: English
• Source: Lieder aus der Gemeine für das Christliche Kirchenjahr (Hamburg, Germany: F. Pethes, 1843); Tr.: Lyra Germanica, 2nd series, 1858
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: [Thou, sore oppressed, the Sabbath rest]
• Key: f minor
• Source: Mainzer Gesangbuch, 1628
• Copyright: Public Domain