Tune: Melita
('Eternal Father, strong to save')
Psalm 107 v.21-29
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O that people would praise the Lord
For His goodness and for His word
And for His wonderful works known
They here to humankind are shown
Let people give thanks and rejoice
In joyful singing with one voice
They that in ships do go to sea
That where their trade and commerce be
They see the Lord's works, His wonders
In the deep, and when water stirs
For He commands, raises stormy
Winds, which lifts up the waves flurry
The waves mount up to the heaven
Then go down to the depths even
Those out at sea, their soul does melt
Because of their trouble so felt
They reel to and fro, and stagger
Like the drunken, scene does concur
They are at their wit's end, and their
Wisdom is gone. there none to share
They know not what to do, but they
Cry to the Lord in troubles, say
Lord, save us, and He does them bring
Out of their distresses, each thing
He makes the storm a calm, and so
The waves are still, the ysee and know
The Lord's working, and then they be
Glad, for sea is quiet, peacefully
So He brings them unto the place
Their desired haven, by His grace
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Author:
orchidee (
Offline) - Published: November 12th, 2022 03:25
- Comment from author about the poem: A hymn-poem in 8.8.8.8.8. format on a Remembrance theme. Erm, I can't sing it. It has to be 'joyful singing', not two cats fighting (verse 1). That leaves me out then! lol. It seems the Lord brings the storm, and also brings the calm. There is a Jewish way of thought, as in the Psalms, that says the Lord is the 'first cause' of everything.
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Comments5
I did a poem of the same title previously I think, but these are different words here.
Thanks so much for the hymn 'For those in peril on the sea', orchi.. .Of all the hymns I knew during my Sunday School years, before I faded away, this has stayed with me. Having just heard it again now, it still drags me in...
As a tribute, your piece covers it nicely.
Thanks Dave.
Nicely done (again), O
Thanks H.
The stormy sea of life! Well done dear friend. words to give us comfort.
Cooee Bella. lol. Thank you. Me being eccentric with a quaint 'cooeee' - when was I not? lol.
Eccentricity is the core of your wit and charm. What would we do without it?
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A fine piece, Orchi.
Thanks Jerry.
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