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OH LORD, WE TREMBLE AT THY FROWN

Scripture Verse

May God give you of the dew of Heaven, and of the fatness of the earth, and an abundance of grain and new wine. Genesis 27:28

Introduction

Words: Ben­ja­min Bed­dome (1717–1795). Pub­lished post­hu­mous­ly in Hymns Adapt­ed to Pub­lic Wor­ship (Lon­don: Bu­rton & Briggs, 1818), num­ber 726. Alarming Drought.

Music: Wal­sall, at­trib­ut­ed to Hen­ry Pur­cell (1658–1695) (🔊 ).

Alternate Tunes:

  • St. Fla­vi­an Day’s Psal­ter, 1563 (🔊 )
  • St. Ne­re­us The Church Hymn and Tune Book, 1852 (🔊 )
  • St. Ni­cho­las (Greene) Mau­rice Greene (1696–1755) (🔊 )

If you know where to get a good pic­ture of Bed­dome (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els), would you send us an e-mail?

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Henry Purcell (1658–1695)

Lyrics

Oh Lord, we trem­ble at Thy frown,
And dread Thy scourg­ing hand;
The va­ried sins and crimes we own,
Of this our guil­ty land.

But spare, oh Lord, in mer­cy spare
The her­bage of the field;
And un­der Thy pater­nal care,
May it abun­dance yield.

Restrain the so­lar fer­vid ray,
And grant re­fresh­ing rains;
Restore the ver­dure from de­cay,
And drench the parch­èd plains.

But speak the word, and soon shall rise
The faint and wi­thered grain;
And hopeful pros­pects of sup­plies,
Our hearts shall raise again.

Then we our gra­ti­tude will show,
To our pre­ser­ver, God;
Our songs of me­lo­dy shall flow,
And spread His praise abroad.