O Great God of Nations (EN 3938)

1

O great God of nations, revive us, we pray,

Raise prodigal hearts to contrition today;

In pride have we turned from Your life giving Word,

Embracing the darkness while truth goes unheard.

Create deep within us a clean heart today,

Renew a right spirit, and teach us to say:

Awaken, my soul, and send anthems above,

To Him Who is yearning to bless you in love.

2

Forsake not Your people though far we do roam,

As hedonists, spendthrifts, abandoning home;

But finally, throwing our folly aside,

We see You are waiting with arms open wide.

We plead Your forgiveness, our Father, we pray,

O heal prideful blindness and teach us to say:

How mighty the love that can conquer our sin,

And open the door to the banquet within.

3

In faith and in gratitude, then, must we share

The good news of Jesus with lands everywhere,

With peoples still groping and stumbling in night;

For them You command us to send out the light.

To shout from the rooftops, proclaim o’er the wave,

That Christ has redeemed from the depths of the grave:

Pour out, then, Your Spirit, afresh in this hour,

Enable our tongues to speak out with Your power.