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P102b. Thou shalt arise and mercy have

13 Thou shalt arise and mercy have
upon thy Zion yet;
The time to favour her is come,
the time that thou hast set.
14 For in her rubbish and her stones
thy servants pleasure take;
yea, they the very dust thereof
do favour for her sake.

15 So shall the heathen people fear
the Lord’s most holy name;
and all the kings upon earth
thy glory and thy fame.
16 For Zion by thy mighty Lord
built up again shall be,
and in his glorious majesty
to men appear shall he.

17 The prayer of the destitute
he surely will regard;
their prayer he will not despise,
by him it shall be heard.
18 For generations yet to come
this shall be on record;
so shall a people yet to be
created praise the Lord.

19 For from his holy height the Lord
hath downward cast his eye;
and he upon the earth beneath
hath looked from heaven high;
20 that of the mournful prisoner
the groanings he might hear,
to set them free that unto death
by men appointed are:

21 That they in Zion may declare
the Lord’s most holy name,
and publish in Jerusalem
the praises of the same;
22 when all the people gathered are
in troops with one accord,
and kingdoms are assembled all
to serve the mighty Lord.

Text Information

• First Line: Thou shalt arise and mercy have
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2004
• Scripture:
  Psalm 102:13-22

Tune Information

• Name: FELIX
• Composer: Felix Mendelssohn, 1809-1847
• Adapter: Lowell Mason (1854)
• Meter: CM
• Key: b minor
• Source: From a phrase in Christus