Psalter Hymnal (Red) ‎#210

210. The Lord Has Heard and Answered Prayer

1 The Lord has heard and answered prayer
And saved His people in distress;
This to the coming age declare,
That they His holy Name may bless.

2 The Lord, exalted on His throne,
Looked down from heaven with pitying eye
To still the lowly captive’s moan
And save His people doomed to die.

3 All men in Zion shall declare
His gracious Name with one accord,
When kings and nations gather there
To serve and worship God the Lord.

4 Before my journey is complete
My vigor fails, my years decline;
My God, O spare me, I entreat;
The days of life are wholly Thine.

5 Attend, O Lord, to my desire,
O haste to answer when I pray,
For grief consumes my strength like fire,
My days as smoke pass swift away.

6 O cut not short my life's brief day,
O Thou whose years eternal run,
Thou who didst earth's foundations lay,
Creator of the stars and sun.

7 The earth and heavens shall pass away,
Like vesture worn and laid aside,
But changeless Thou shalt live for aye,
Thy years forever shall abide.

8 Thou, O Jehovah, shalt endure,
Thy throne forever is the same;
And to all generations sure
Shall be Thy great memorial Name.

9 Thy servants’ children shall remain
Forevermore before Thy face;
Enduring honor they shall gain,
Established ever in Thy grace.

Text Information

• First Line: The Lord has heard and answered prayer
• Title: The Lord Has Heard and Answered Prayer
• Meter: L. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1934
• Scripture:
  Psalm 102
• Topic: Prayer in Afflictions; Brevity And Frailty Of Life; Children; Creation; Eternal Life; Eternity of God; God the Hearer of Prayer; Immutability of God; Israel in Captivity; Mercy of God

Tune Information

• Name: REST
• Composer: William B. Bradbury (1843)
• Meter: L. M.
• Key: D Major