The Cyber Hymnal ‎#5838

5838. Receive, O Lord, in Heaven Above

1. Receive, O Lord, in Heaven above
Our prayers and supplications pure;
Give us a heart all full of love
And steady courage to endure.

2. Thy holy name our mouths confess,
Our tongues are harps to praise Thy grace;
Forgive our sins and wickedness,
Who in this vigil seek Thy face.

3. Let not our song become a sigh,
A wail of anguish and despair;
In lovingkindness, Lord most high,
Receive tonight our evening prayer.

4. O raise us in that day, that we
May sing, where all Thy saints adore,
Praise to Thy Father, and to Thee,
And to Thy Spirit, evermore.

Text Information

• First Line: Receive, O Lord, in Heaven above
• Title: Receive, O Lord, in Heaven Above
• Syriac Title: Qabbel, Mâran, bâ'ûth kullan
• Author: Ephraim of Edessa, 303-373
• Translator (from Syriac): Francis C. Burkitt
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Source: translation in The English Hymnal (London: Oxford University Press, 1906), number 194
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: ST. AMBROSE
• Composer: François de la Feillée (1808)
• Meter: LM
• Incipit: 11234 32155 65354
• Key: F Major
• Source: Mé­thode du plain-chant, by Fran­çois de la Feil­lée, 1808
• Copyright: Public Domain