SDA Hymnal 22
God Is Our Song
Words: Fred Pratt GreenMusic: Genevan PsalterTune: Old 124th10.10.10.10
1God is our Song, and every singer blest
Who praising Him finds energy and rest.
All who praise God with unaffected joy
Give back to us the wisdom we destroy.
2God is our Song, for Jesus comes to save;
While praising Him we offer all we have.
New songs we sing, what rich complexities of sound
When God builds up on a gain the voice of ground.
3This is the Song no conflict ever drowns;
Who praises God our human wrath disowns.
Love glorious the faith which silently obeys
Until we find a gain the voice of praise.
4God is our silence when no songs are sung,
When ecstasy or sorrow stills the tongue.
Give back to us the wisdom we destroy,
When God builds up on a gain the voice of praise.
- Words
- Fred Pratt Green
- Music
- Genevan Psalter
- Tune
- Old 124th
- Meter
- 10.10.10.10
- Scripture
- Psalm 40:3; Ephesians 5:19; Colossians 3:16
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- Meter
- 10.10.10.10 · as printed
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- Rhyme
- ABCC
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