Sunday Hymn: Lord, Thou Hast Been Our Dwelling-place

Lord, Thou Hast Been Our Dwelling-place

Lord, thou hast been our dwelling-place
In ev'ry generation;
Thy people still have known thy grace,
And blessed thy consolation:
Through ev'ry age thou heard'st our cry
Through ev'ry age we found thee nigh,
Our Strength and our Salvation.

Our cleaving sins we oft have wept,
And oft thy patience proved;
But still thy faith we fast have kept,
Thy Name we still have loved;
And thou hast kept and loved us well,
Hast granted us in thee to dwell,
Unshaken, unremoved.

No, nothing from those arms of love
Shall thine own people sever;
Our Helper never will remove,
Our God will fail us never.
Thy people, Lord, have dwelt in thee,
Our dwelling place thou still wilt be
For ever and for ever.

Trinity Hymnal #287

Comments

[Dorothy]

I love this one too! Especially these words:

No, nothing from those arms of love
Shall thine own people sever;

It's a hard one to sing, though, don't you think?

[rosemary]

I'm not familiar with this hymn, but I love the words. The ones Dorothy quoted definitely caught my attention too---such comfort!

My favorite part is this:

And thou hast kept and loved us well,
Hast granted us in thee to dwell,
Unshaken, unremoved.

Nothing can separated us from the love of God.