The Hymnal 1982 567
Thine arm, O Lord, in days of old
- Tune
- st. matthew
- Author(s)
- Edward Hayes Plumptre, 1821-1891
- Meter
- 8.6.8.6 D
- Tune Source(s)
- Supplement to the new Version of Psalms by Dr. Brady and Mr. Tate, 1708
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1 Thine arm, O Lord, in days of old was strong to heal and save; it triumphed o’er disease and death, o’er darkness and the grave. To thee they went, the blind, the deaf, the palsied, and the lame, the leper set apart and shunned, the sick with fevered frame.
2 And lo! thy touch brought life and health, gave hearing, strength, and sight; and youth renewed and frenzy calmed owned thee, the Lord of light: and now, O Lord, be near to bless, almighty as of yore, in crowded street, by restless couch, as by Gennesaret’s shore.
3 Be thou our great deliverer still, thou Lord of life and death; restore and quicken, soothe and bless, with thine almighty breath: to hands that work and eyes that see, give wisdom’s heavenly lore, that whole and sick, and weak and strong, may praise thee evermore.