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Play “A Song of Deliverance from Great Distress”
Free same-meter accompaniment for A Song of Deliverance from Great Distress (Isaac Watts): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune ST. ANNE (William Croft) in four-part harmony, 6 verses, with the words on screen. Choose the key and speed, add an introduction, project the words on a TV, or practice your own choir part. Made for churches and home groups without a musician.
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- 1I Waited patient for the Lord,
- He bow'd to hear my cry;
- He saw me resting on his word,
- And brought salvation nigh.
- 2He rais'd me from a horrid pit,
- Where mourning long I lay,
- And from my bonds releas'd my feet,
- Deep bonds of miry clay.
- 3Firm on a rock he made me stand,
- And taught my cheerful tongue
- To praise the wonders of his hand,
- In a new thankful song.
- 4I’ll spread His works of grace abroad;
- The saints with joy shall hear,
- And sinners learn to make my God
- Their only hope and fear.
- 5How many are thy thoughts of love;
- Thy mercies, Lord, how great!
- We have not words nor hours enough
- Their numbers to repeat.
- 6When I’m afflicted, poor and low,
- And light and peace depart,
- My God beholds my heavy woe,
- And bears me on his heart.
About this music
ST. ANNE — William Croft. Setting: composite found in "The Lutheran Hymnary", 1913.. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project, copied from 'The Lutheran Hymnary', 1913, Hymn 261. Arrangement is composite, first half from "Hymns Ancient and Modern", 1869, Hymn 231. ed William Henry Monk Second half is from "The Hymnal Companion to the Book of Common Prayer", 1890, Hymn 279. ed. Charles Vincent, D.J. Wood, John Stainer; music and setting are in the public domain. The words above are from the hymnal cited on the A Song of Deliverance from Great Distress page.
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