He gives power to the faint, and strengthens the
powerless. Even youths will faint and be weary, and the young will fall
exhausted; but those who wait for the LORD shall renew
their strength, they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not
be weary, they shall walk and not faint.
Isaiah 40: 29-31 (NRSV)
Power and Might
(a hymn by Peter Holden
based on Isaiah 40: 21-31)
to be sung to Maccabæus (À toi la gloire)
adapted from George Frederick Handel (1685-1749)
Power and might,
God gives to the meek
even youth get
weary and the old grow weak;
but there is a
promise: if on God we call
we receive Gods power, which is hope for all.
Give thanks to God; give thanks to the Son!
When we claim that promise, life will have begun!
Rising like
eagles, gliding in the sky,
energy abounding,
we can almost fly,
run and not be
tired, walking without fear:
these are gifts which God gives, to us now and here.
Give thanks to God; give thanks to the Son!
When we claim that promise, life will have begun!
So spoke the
prophet, centuries ago,
and so spoke Lord
Jesus, whom in faith we know.
Offering life to
all folk, old and weak and young;
let us claim that promise, life has just begun!
Give thanks to God; give thanks to the Son!
When we claim that promise, life will have begun!
© Peter Holden
Jakarta
2 February 2003