Together in Song ‎#144

144. Lord, you have been our dwelling-place

1 Lord, you have been our dwelling-place
in every generation;
your people have received your grace,
and blessed your consolation;
through every age you heard our cry;
through every age we found you nigh,
our strength and our salvation.

2 Persisting sins we long have wept,
your patience long have tested;
but steadfast faith in you we kept,
still to your name devoted:
for you have kept and loved us well,
and granted us in you to dwell,
from your love never parted.

3 Lord, nothing from your arms so sure
shall your own people sever;
our helper ever will endure,
God's love will fail us never.
Your people, Lord, have dwelt in you;
and you remain our dwelling true
for ever and for ever.

Text Information

• First Line: Lord, you have been our dwelling-place
• Author: Thomas Hornblower Gill, 1819-1906 (alt.)
• Meter: 87.87.887
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1999
• Scripture:
  1 Peter 2:1-8
  ;
  1 Peter 2:9-10
  ;
  2 Corinthians 1:3-7
  ;
  Deuteronomy 33:27
  ;
  Ephesians 2:18-22
  ;
  Hebrews 13:5-6
  ;
  Psalm 46
  ;
  Psalm 84
  ;
  Psalm 90:1-6
  ;
  Romans 8:31-39
• Topic: Adversity; Ancestors; Anniversary of a Church; Communion of Saints; Consolation; Faith; Faithfulness of God; God's Love to Us; Guidance; Penitence; People of God; Pilgrimage; Protection; Providence; Trust in God

Tune Information

• Name: LUTHER
• Meter: 87.87.887
• Key: G Major
• Source: Adapted from a chorale in Klug's 'Geistliche Lieder', Wittenberg, 1535