Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church ‎#329

329. My Portion Is the Lord

1 My portion is the Lord;
I seek His favor
And in His Name and Word
Confide for ever;
The world can never give
So rich a treasure
As in His love to live
And do His pleasure.

2 He gives me for my tears
His oil of gladness;
Delivers, heals, and cheers,
Dispels my sadness;
He makes sin’s power to cease,
His grace restrains me,
And with His word of peace
He still sustains me.

3 Therefore I’ll humbly cleave
To my Creator,
Who, that my soul might live,
Assumed my nature,
Redeemed me by His blood
And bitter passion;
Thanks to the Lamb of God
For my salvation.

Text Information

• First Line: My portion is the Lord
• Title: My Portion Is the Lord
• Translator: John Swertner, 1746-1813 (1789)
• Author: Christian Gregor, 1723-1801 (1766)
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1969
• Topic: The Life in Christ: Faith and Justification

Tune Information

• Name: GREGOR
• Composer: J. Thommen (1745)
• Meter: 6.5.6.5. D. Iambic
• Key: B♭ Major
• Source: Herrnhut, c. 1735. J. Thommen, 1745; C. Gregor Choralbuch, 1784. a.