Scripture Verse

Thy comforts delight my soul. Psalm 94:19

Introduction

Words: Au­thor un­known, 13th Cen­tu­ry. Trans­lat­ed from He­brew to Eng­lish by Al­ice Lu­cas in the Un­ion Hym­nal for Jew­ish Wor­ship‎ (Cen­tral Con­fer­ence of Am­eri­can Rab­bis, 1914), num­ber 1.

Music: Om­non Ken in The Ab­ing­don Hym­nal, ed­it­ed by Earl E. Harp­er (New York: Ab­ing­don Press, 1928), num­ber 245 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Lu­cas (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

Sweet hymns and songs will I recite
To sing of Thee by day and night,
Of Thee who art my soul’s de­light,
Of Thee who art my soul’s de­light.

How doth my soul with­in me yearn
Beneath Thy shadow to re­turn,
Thy sec­ret mys­te­ries to learn,
Thy sec­ret mys­te­ries to learn.

And e’en while yet Thy glo­ry fires
My words, and hymns to praise in­spires,
Thy love it is my heart de­sires,
Thy love it is my heart de­sires.

My me­di­ta­tion day and night,
May it be plea­sant in Thy sight,
For Thou art all my soul’s de­light,
For Thou art all my soul’s de­light.