The Cyber Hymnal ‎#14673

14673. Captives Of Israel, Hear

1 Captives of Israel, hear,
Who now as exiles mourn;
See your almighty God appear
To hasten your return.

2 Jehovah is His name;
Lord of celestial hosts;
Let Heav’n that saving power proclaim
In which His Israel trusts.

3 Tho’ helpless now ye lie,
As in a dungeon thrown,
When parched with painful thirst ye cry,
And when your bread is gone,

4 Deliverance comes apace;
Ye shall not there expire;
Prepare to sing redeeming grace
With His triumphant choir.

5 He smote the raging sea
’Midst its tumultuous roar,
And paved His chosen troops a way
Safe to its distant shore.

6 In Him let Israel hope,
At whose supreme command
Graves yield their breathless captives up,
And seas become dry land.

Text Information

• First Line: Captives of Israel, hear
• Title: Captives Of Israel, Hear
• Author: Philip Doddridge, 1702-1751
• Meter: SM
• Language: English
• Source: Published posthumously in Hymns Founded on Various Texts in the Holy Scripture. By the Late Reverend Philip Doddridge, D. D., by Job Orton (J. Eddowes & J. Cotton: 1755)
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Alternative tunes: FRANCONIA by Johann B. König, GARSIDE by Edward W. Cottrill, GERAR by Lowell Mason

Tune Information

• Name: FESTAL SONG
• Composer: William Howard Walter (1872)
• Meter: SM
• Key: B♭ Major
• Copyright: Public Domain