07/27/24 Weekend Grif.Net – Yigdal Elohim Hai

The Jewish liturgical poet Daniel ben J=
udah wrote a hymn that contained the “13 Articles of Faith of Maimoni=
des (a great Jewish philosopher) that formed part of the morning prayer. It=
was translated, then paraphrased in 13 stanzas by a Christian, Thomas Oliv=
er. Oliver was converted to Christianity under the ministry of George White=
field in the Great Awakening, and later became an assistant to John Wesley.=
The music (LEONI) is by Meyer Lyon, Jewish chorister of the synagogue in K=
ingston, Jamaica

The God of Abraham praise, Who reigns ent=
hroned above;
Ancient of Everlasting Days, and God of Love;
Jehovah, =
great I AM, by earth and heaven confessed;
I bow and bless the sacred na=
me forever blest.

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The God of Ab­ra­=
ham praise, Whose all suf­fi­cient grace
Shall guide me all my h=
ap­py days, in all my ways.
He calls a worm His friend, He calls Him=
­self my God!
And He shall save me to the end, thro’ Je­su=
s’ blood.

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The great I AM has sworn; I=
on this oath depend.
I shall, on eagle wings upborne, to heaven ascend.=

I shall behold God’s face; I shall God’s power adore,
And sing the w=
onders of God’s grace forevermore.

The God =
of Ab­ra­ham praise, at whose su­preme com­mand
From ear=
th I rise—and seek the joys at His right hand;
I all on earth for&=
shy;sake, its wis­dom, fame, and pow­er;
And Him my on­ly po=
r­tion make, My shield and tow­er.

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The heavenly land I see, with peace and plenty blest;
a land of sacred l=
iberty, and endless rest.
There milk and honey flow, and oil and wine ab=
ound,
and trees of life forever grow with mercy crowned.

Tho’ na­ture’s strength de­cay, and ea=
rth and hell with­stand,
To Ca­naan’s bounds I urge my way=
, at His com­mand.
The wa­tery deep I pass, with Je­sus in m=
y view;
And thro’ the howl­ing wil­der­ness my way pur=
­sue.

The good­ly land I see, with =
peace and plen­ty blessed;
A land of sac­red li­ber­ty, =
and end­less rest.
There milk and ho­ney flow, and oil and wine =
abound,
And trees of life for­ev­er grow with mer­cy crowned=
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There dwells the Lord our king, the Lor=
d our right­eous­ness,
Triumphant o’er the world and sin t=
he Prince of peace;
On Zi­on’s sac­red height His king&shy=
;dom still main­tains,
And glo­ri­ous with His saints in lig=
ht forever reigns.

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He keeps His own se­=
cure, He guards them by His side,
Arrays in gar­ments, white and pur=
e, His spot­less bride:
With streams of sac­red bliss, with grov=
es of liv­ing joys—
With all the fruits of pa­ra­dise =
He still sup­plies.

Before the great =
Three-One they all ex­ult­ing stand;
And tell the won­ders H=
e hath done, through all their land:
The list­en­ing spheres at&=
shy;tend, and swell the grow­ing fame;
And sing, in songs which ne&s=
hy;ver end, the wond­rous name.

Before =
the Sav­ior’s face the ran­somed na­tions bow;
O&#8217=
;erwhelmed at His al­migh­ty grace, forever new:
He shows His pr=
ints of love—they kin­dle to a flame!
And sound thro’ al=
l the worlds above the slaugh­tered Lamb.

The God Who reigns on high the great archangels sing,
and "Holy,=
holy, holy!" cry "Almighty King!
Who was, and is, the same, a=
nd evermore shall be:
Jehovah, Lord, the great I AM, we worship thee!&qu=
ot;

The whole tri­um­phant host giv=
e thanks to God on high;
Hail, Fa­ther, Son, and Ho­ly Ghost, th=
ey ev­er cry.
Hail, Ab­ra­ham’s God, and mine! (I join=
the heav’n­ly lays)
All might and ma­jes­ty are Thine=
, and end­less praise.

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Dr Bob Griffin

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