His Loving Kindness
The same words as 2 hymnals printed them. Pick two versions to see every change between them: words added, dropped or altered, and verses left out.
49 words changed · 1 stanza only in Hymns and Tunes 1886 #110 · 1 stanza only in Christ in Song #269
Verse 3
Though numerous hosts of mighty foes,Though earth and hell my way oppose,He safely leads my soul along,His loving-kindness, O, how strong!
Verse 1
Awake, my soul, to joyful lays,
And sing thy great Redeemer's praise;
He justly claims a song from me,
His loving kindness, O how free!
Verse 2
He saw me ruined in the fall,
Yet loved me notwithstanding all;
He saved me from my lost estate,
His loving-kindness, O how great!
Verse 2
He saw me ruined in the fall,
Yet loved me notwithstanding all;
He saved me from my lost estate,
His loving kindness, O how great!
Not in this version
Verse 3
Through trouble he has been my stay,
He has not left me to this day;
I never shall forgotten be,
His loving kindness, O how free!
Verse 4
When trouble, like a gloomy cloud,
Has gathered thick and thundered loud,
He near my soul has always stood,
His loving-kindness, O how good!
Verse 4
When trouble, like a gloomy cloud,
Has gathered thick and thundered loud,
He near my soul has always stood,
His loving kindness, O how good!
Verse 1
Awake, my soul, in joyful lays,And sing thy great Redeemer's praise;He justly claims a song from me,
His loving-kindness, O how free!
Refrain
His loving kindness, loving kindness,
His loving kindness, O how free!
His loving kindness, loving kindness,
His loving kindness, O how free!
Verse 5
And when earth's rightful King shall come
To take his ransomed people home,
I'll sing upon that blissful shore
His loving-kindness evermore.
Not in this version