The New Century Hymnal ‎#481

481. As Pants the Hart for Cooling Streams

1 As pants the hart for cooling streams
when heated in the chase,
So longs my soul, O God, for you
and your refreshing grace.

2 Why restless, why cast down, my soul?
Trust God, who will employ
All grace for you, and change your sighs
to thankful hymns of joy.

3 God of my strength, how long shall I,
like one forgotten, mourn,
Forlorn, forsaken, and exposed
to my oppressor's scorn?

4 Why restless, why cast down, my soul?
Hope still, and you shall sing
The praise of One who is your God,
your health's eternal spring.

Text Information

• First Line: As pants the hart for cooling streams
• Title: As Pants the Hart for Cooling Streams
• Meter: C.M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1995
• Scripture:
  Psalm 42
• Topic: Comfort and Assurance; Faith and Aspiration; God: Strength and Refuge of; Psalm Paraphrases; Year C: Proper 7
• Source: A New Version of the Psalms of David, ed. Nahum Tate and Nicholas Brady, 1696, alt.

Tune Information

• Name: MARTYRDOM (AVON)
• Composer: Hugh Wilson (1825)
• Meter: C.M.
• Key: G Major