Hymn of the Day: By All Thy Holy Prophets

 By All Thy Holy Prophets

King’s Lynn

(We’re Lutheran, so you sing the first verse, then you sing the rest of the verses, then you sing the last verse. None of this proto-Anglican ‘choose the one you feel like’ malarky)


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By all Thy holy prophets

Thy judges wise and bold

The mighty men of valor

Thou sent to guard Thy fold

Who Thee in faith professing

Have shown us by Thy grace

That all Thy truth confessing

Shall see Thee face to face


All praise for blessed Moses

By whom Thou gave the law

Who only upon Sinai

The face of God once saw

Who led Thy people Israel

By Thy hand through the sea

That drowned to sins dread slavery

To Thee they might be free


For Abraham all praises

His children as the sand

By faith are counted righteous

From every tribe and land

His own son he’d not withhold

But trusted Thee to give

Thyself for the burnt off’ring

That we by grace might live


All praise o Lord for Noah

Who walked with Thee by faith

Who built the ark in patience

And so was brought through death

Thou set’st thy bow before us

And cleanse us in the flood

That we should trust like Noah

That thou alone art good



For Jonah Lord we praise Thee

Reluctant though he fled

Who in the storm repented

And calmed the waters dread

In three days was he brought forth

Thy judgement to proclaim

That Nineveh repentant

Might by Thee be reclaimed


Oh that my words were written

Proclaimed our father Job

For he knew his Redeemer

With clouds and royal robe

Upon the earth in triumph

In human flesh would stand

And these our eyes behold Him

In that celestial land


All praise for gracious Daniel

Who silent would not pray

But in the sight of gentiles

Held Thee his only stay

Who, sent to roaring lions

Thy child to devour,

Thou raised from death in glory

By Thine almighty power.


Lord let let thy holy fire 

descend on us today

Thy Israel to deliver

The priests of Baal to slay

Send us a blest Elijah

Repentance to us bring

That freed from evil masters

We own Thee king of kings


Fill us as blest Elisha

With double portions sure

And with a jar unfailing

With oil enough and more

That we like faithful widows

With heavn’ly mana fed

And with the Son in Shunem

Be raised from the dead


All praise for Shadrach, Meshach,

Adebnago the blest

Before no idol falling

Thee only to attest

Who rather to the furnace

Of earthly wrath would go

Than grant that any other

As Lord that they would know


For all thy men of valor

Benaiah, Shammah true

Josheb-Basshebeth ever

We give thee honor due

Let us like Eleazar

Unflinching stand for thee

Lord grant that all thy soldiers

Be thine eternally



Let us like Jacob wrestle

And let us not relent

Until thou grantest blessing

That by thee we are sent

To raise our tribe in promise

In prayer and praise endued

So Israel limps from meeting

By striving thus renewed


Out from his fathers winepress

Thou Gideon lord didst send

Thy people to deliver

And Satan's reign to end

Yet Gideon would not suffer

As king to wield the sword

For thou alone forever

Alone shall be the Lord



All praise for blest Isaiah

Through whom thou didst foretell

The course of the Messiah

To death and devil fell

Twas by his faithful witness

The Lord didst give a sign

That Christ through Virgin mother

Would come in grace divine



Hosea thy salvation

Who first thy wrath foretold

And faithful to his Gomer

Did suffering to Thee hold

For Thy sake he was humble

To take a harlot bride

As Christ his church so taketh

Forever to abide


Lord thou hast shown through Sampson

Though blind his eyes did see

That thronged by foes and mockers

And pressed by cruelty

Despite our sin and weakness

Still thou shall hear our prayers

By thy right hand deliver

And make us heavens heirs


For all our blessed fathers

Whom thou hast made thine own

Who on the cross in triumph

Thou hanged thee to atone

Lord fire us by their witness

That we unfainting be

In faith to God the Father

The Spirit and to Thee

Comments

  1. ClangoreMay 15, 2026 at 9:23 PM

    Get you some Zechariah in there; the proto-martyr and preacher of repentance to a truly unregenerate generation, all of which is richly Christological.

    Joseph, who gave us one of the greatest consoling sentences, pointing to God's providence.

    I would want to see Jacob's new name be brought out in his verse.

    Could also do one for Samuel, or Nathan, speaking truth to the kings, even when the kings were evil.

    Ezra and Nehemiah, who were bold to witness even in Babylon to return their people to the right worship of the true God.

    Lots of great saints in the old testament. Lots of apostasy to witness against.

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    1. WhimMay 16, 2026 at 7:39 PM

      So let it be written. So let it be done.

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  2. AnonymousMay 17, 2026 at 4:23 PM

    This is great. I just love you guys so much!

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