O Zion, afflicted (Benjamin Milgrove)
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- CPDL #14738:
- Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2007-08-26). Score information: A4, 3 pages Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Includes a keyboard reduction of the a cappella choral score. Scorch and PDF options available.
General Information
Title: O Zion, afflicted
Composer: Benjamin Milgrove
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn
Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
Published: 1781
Description: Milgrove was Precentor of the Countess of Huntingdon's Chapel in Bath. This setting comes from Twelve hymns and a favourite lyric poem written by Doctor Watts; set to music for four, and five voices, with organ accompaniments... Printed for the author, and sold at his house in Bond Street, Bath, 1781.
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Original text and translations
English text
R.:O Zion, afflicted with wave upon wave,
Whom no man can comfort, whom no man can save;
With darkness surrounded, by terrors dismay'd,
In toiling and rowing thy strength is decay'd.
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Loud roaring, the billows would thee overwhelm,
But skillful's the pilot who sits at the helm ;
His wisdom conduct thee, his power thee defends,
In safety and quiet thy warfare He ends.
R.
"O fearful! O faithless! in mercy He cries,
My promise, my truth, are they light in thine eyes?
Still, still I am with thee, my promise shall stand;
Through tempest and tossing I’ll bring thee to land.
R.