Tune: Penuel
('Come, O Thou Traveller Unknown')
Psalm 81 part
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Sing aloud to God, He our strength
He does provide for us at length
Make joyful noise unto His name
He God of Jacob, e'er the same
Take a psalm, and bring too hither
Pleasant harp, psaltery, lute, zither
Blow up the trumpet in new moon
And in feast days too at high noon
In solemn feast days praise Him give
He God always, does ever live
This for Israel was a statute
And a law, praise Him, pipe and lute
The people in their trouble called
He came to their help, it not stalled
But they would not hear, not obey
They chose to go their selfish way
O that my people me had heard
So they would prosper by my word
If they had heard, walked in my ways
I should have subdued in their days
Their enemies, they would turn back
Midst my people would be no lack
haters of the Lord, they would have turned
Against them the Lord's judgement burned
Then His people's time should have endured
His presence with them be assured
He should have fed then with fine wheat
And they should worship at His feet
With food He should have satisfied
Them, yes fo them He would provide
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Author:
orchidee (
Offline) - Published: November 21st, 2018 02:55
- Comment from author about the poem: A hymn-poem in 8.8.8.8.8.8. metre. Extra syllables sneak in a few lines, or else some lines do not make sense.
- Category: Spiritual
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Look up them musical instruments - you got your lute or zither there?! Psalter is the Book of Psalms. Psaltery is another instrument.
much mirth to see plonk a lot of stringy strikers with much finger twitchy as well as cabbage beds of brassica blow a lots.
That brassica's a bit windy!
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Good one Orchi.
Thanks Gold. I'm nowhere near Wesley's (Methodist) 9,000 hymns, including unpublished ones, so I read! I'm getting there!
Thank GOD for WESLEY ~ When I was Preacher on the Methodist Plan ~ The Society Steward (Grand Title) always wanted SIX Hymns ~ THREE by CW ! My Forebears where Primitive Methodists ~ The Minister always wore WOAD (He was an Everton Supporter) Thanks for HYMN & HER (Loved the BAND !) ~ AMEN BRIAN. Im having an ORCHIDEE DAY today ~ I hope I recover !
What, pray, exactly is an Orchidee day?! It's me name, and I don't even know what it is meself! You written 9,000 poems? I haven't.
Great job on this spiritual write, orchidee, and you've included so much truth that is intertwined throughout the verses.
Best,
Thanks Tamara.
No problem!
With strong rhyme and rousing warnings against disobeying this read has examples which doubters can turn to for proof that God is supreme forever and always - good read Goldi.
Thanks Fay. I'm Orchi! heehee.
Oops - - - my apologies dear Orchi - now I say again - a very good read.
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