Text: | Comfort, Comfort Ye My People |
Author: | Johannes G. Olearius |
Translator: | Catherine Winkworth |
Tune: | THIRSTING |
Arranger: | Henry A. Bruinsma |
Composer: | Louis Bourgeois |
1 Comfort, comfort ye my people,
speak ye peace, thus saith our God;
comfort those who sit in darkness,
mourning 'neath their sorrow's load.
Speak ye to Jerusalem
of the peace that waits for them;
tell her that her sins I cover,
and her warfare now is over.
2 Yea, her sins our God will pardon,
blotting out each dark misdeed;
all that well deserved his anger
he no more will see or heed.
She hath suffered many a day
now her griefs have passed away;
God will change her pining sadness
into ever-springing gladness.
3 For the herald's voice is crying
in the desert far and near,
bidding all men to repentance,
since the kingdom now is here.
O that warning cry obey!
Now prepare for God a way;
let the valleys rise to meet him,
and the hills bow down to greet him.
4 Make ye straight what long was crooked,
make the rougher places plain;
let your hearts be true and humble,
as befits his holy reign.
For the glory of the Lord
now o'er earth is shed abroad;
and all flesh shall see the token,
that his word is never broken.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Comfort, comfort ye my people |
Title: | Comfort, Comfort Ye My People |
Author: | Johannes G. Olearius (1671) |
Translator: | Catherine Winkworth (1863) |
Meter: | 8.7.8.7.7.7.8.8. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1990 |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | Jesus Christ: His Advent; Christ: Comforter; Church: Israel of God(5 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | THIRSTING |
Composer: | Louis Bourgeois (1551) |
Arranger: | Henry A. Bruinsma |
Meter: | 8.7.8.7.7.7.8.8. |
Key: | G Major |
see also GENEVAN 42
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Audio recording: | Piano Harmony (auto-generated) |