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Not Haughty Is My Heart

Not haughty is my heart

Published in 12 hymnals

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Piano/Organ

Nine Easy Chorale Preludes for Lent

Representative Text

1 Not haughty is my heart,
not lofty is my pride;
I do not seek to know the things
God's wisdom has denied.

2 With childlike trust, O LORD,
in Thee I calmly rest,
contented as a little child
upon its mother's breast.

3 Ye people of the LORD,
in Him alone confide;
from this time forth and evermore
His wisdom be your guide.

Source: Psalms and Hymns to the Living God #131

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Text Information

First Line: Not haughty is my heart
Title: Not Haughty Is My Heart
Meter: 6.6.8.6
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain
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Tune

OLMUTZ


TRENTHAM

Robert Jackson (b, Oldham, Lancashire, England, 1842; d. Oldham, 1914) originally, composed TRENTHAM as a setting for Henry W. Baker's "O Perfect Life of Love" (380). Named for a village in Staffordshire, England, close to the town in which Jackson was born, the tune was published with the Baker tex…

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Media

The Cyber Hymnal #4538
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Instances

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Psalms and Hymns to the Living God #131

Psalms and Hymns to the Living God #131
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The Cyber Hymnal #4538

The Cyber Hymnal #4538
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Trinity Hymnal (Rev. ed.) #683

Trinity Hymnal (Rev. ed.) #683
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Trinity Psalter Hymnal #131B

Trinity Psalter Hymnal #131B
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