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O God, Defender of the Poor

Author: Christopher Idle Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 3 hymnals Lyrics: 1 O God, defender of the poor, have mercy when I pray: you listened to my prayer before– LORD, hear my prayer today. 2 How long will people choose vain things, love empty words and wrong? They scorn to serve the King of kings– O living God, how long? 3 The saints, O LORD, you set apart by grace to be your own: let sinners tremble, search their hearts, and bow before your throne. 4 While many pray that you will bless and bring them all they need, unless they long for holiness, their prayers are vain in deed. 5 Your light, O LORD, let us receive; your face within us shine, for richer is the joy you give than all their grain and wine. 6 And even when I turn to sleep your blessings still increase, for you alone, O LORD, will keep your child in perfect peace. Topics: Lament General; Poverty and Oppression; Elements of Worship Offering Our Prayers Scripture: Psalm 4 Used With Tune: DUNFERMLINE
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BROTHER JAMES' AIR

Meter: 8.6.8.6.8.6 Appears in 72 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J. L. Macbeth Bain, ca. 1840-1925; Gordon Jacob, 1895-1984 Tune Key: D Major Incipit: 13515 61543 11711 Used With Text: O God, Defender of the Poor
BROTHER JAMES' AIR
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DUNFERMLINE

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 144 hymnals Tune Sources: Scottish Psalter, 1615 Tune Key: E Flat Major Incipit: 11234 55336 55455 Used With Text: O God, Defender of the Poor
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LIVERPOOL

Appears in 13 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: John Barnard, 1948- Tune Sources: American folk melody Tune Key: D Major Incipit: 12356 53215 11765 Used With Text: O God, defender of the poor
LIVERPOOL

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O God, defender of the poor

Author: Christopher Idle, 1938- Hymnal: The Book of Praise #3 (1997) Lyrics: 1 O God, defender of the poor, have mercy when I pray: you listened to my prayer before– LORD, hear my prayer today! 2 How long will people choose vain things, love empty words and wrong? They scorn to serve the King of kings– O living God, how long? 3 The saints, O LORD, you set apart by grace to be your own: let sinners tremble, search their hearts and bow before your throne. 4 While many pray that you will bless and bring them all they need, unless they long for holiness, their prayers are vain indeed. 5 Your light, O Lord, let us receive; your face within us shine, for richer is the joy you give than all their grain and wine. 6 And even when I turn to sleep your blessings still increase, for you alone, O Lord, will keep your child in perfect peace. Topics: Joy; Light; Metrical Psalms; Peace; Prayer / Prayers / Poems; Repentance Scripture: Psalm 4 Languages: English Tune Title: LIVERPOOL
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O God, Defender of the Poor

Author: Christopher Idle Hymnal: Psalms for All Seasons #4A (2012) Meter: 8.6.8.6.8.6 Lyrics: 1 O God, defender of the poor, have mercy when I pray: you listened to my prayer before-- LORD, hear my prayer today! you listened to my prayer before-- LORD, hear my prayer today! 2 How long will people choose vain things, love empty words and wrong? They scorn to serve the King of kings-- O living God, how long? They scorn to serve the King of kings-- O living God, how long? 3 The saints, O LORD, you set apart by grace to be your own: let sinners tremble, search their hearts, and bow before your throne; let sinners tremble, search their hearts, and bow before your throne. 4 While many pray that you will bless and bring them all they need, unless they long for holiness, their prayers are vain indeed; unless they long for holiness, their prayers are vain indeed. 5 Your light, O LORD, let us receive; your face within us shine, for richer is the joy you give than all their grain and wine; for richer is the joy you give than all their grain and wine. 6 And even when I turn to sleep your blessings still increase, for you alone, O LORD, will keep your child in perfect peace; for you alone, O LORD, will keep your child in perfect peace. Topics: Affliction; Comfort and Encouragement; Daily Prayer Evening Prayer; Daily Prayer Night Prayer; Disciples / Calling; God as Defender; God's Armor; God's Protection; Grâce; Hope; Impatience; Jesus Christ Mind of; Joy; Lament Individual; Mercy; Peace; Prayer; Rest; Ten Commandments 9th Commandment (do not bear false witness); Trust; Year B, Easter, 3rd Sunday Scripture: Psalm 4 Languages: English Tune Title: BROTHER JAMES' AIR
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O God, Defender of the Poor

Author: Christopher Idle Hymnal: Lift Up Your Hearts #890 (2013) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Lyrics: 1 O God, defender of the poor, have mercy when I pray: you listened to my prayer before– LORD, hear my prayer today. 2 How long will people choose vain things, love empty words and wrong? They scorn to serve the King of kings– O living God, how long? 3 The saints, O LORD, you set apart by grace to be your own: let sinners tremble, search their hearts, and bow before your throne. 4 While many pray that you will bless and bring them all they need, unless they long for holiness, their prayers are vain in deed. 5 Your light, O LORD, let us receive; your face within us shine, for richer is the joy you give than all their grain and wine. 6 And even when I turn to sleep your blessings still increase, for you alone, O LORD, will keep your child in perfect peace. Topics: Lament General; Poverty and Oppression; Elements of Worship Offering Our Prayers Scripture: Psalm 4 Languages: English Tune Title: DUNFERMLINE
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John Barnard

b. 1948 Person Name: John Barnard, 1948- Arranger of "LIVERPOOL" in The Book of Praise
John Barnard

Christopher M. Idle

b. 1938 Person Name: Christopher Idle Author of "O God, Defender of the Poor" in Lift Up Your Hearts Christopher Martin Idle (b. Bromley, Kent, England, 1938) was educated at Elthan College, St. Peter's College, Oxford, and Clifton Theological College in Bristol, and was ordained in the Church of England. He served churches in Barrow-in-­Furness, Cumbria; London; and Oakley, Suffolk; and recently returned to London, where he is involved in various hymnal projects. A prolific author of articles on the Christian's public responsibilities, Idle has also published The Lion Book of Favorite Hymns (1980) and at least one hundred of his own hymns and biblical paraphrases. Some of his texts first appeared in hymnals published by the Jubilate Group, with which he is associated. He was also editor of Anglican Praise (1987). In 1998 Hope Publishing released Light Upon the River, a collection of 279 of his psalm and hymn texts, along with suggested tunes, scripture references, and commentary. Bert Polman
Christopher M. Idle

James Leith Macbeth Bain

1840 - 1925 Person Name: J. L. Macbeth Bain, ca. 1840-1925 Composer of "BROTHER JAMES' AIR" in Psalms for All Seasons James Leith Macbeth Bain (b. Scotland, c. 1840; d. Liverpool, England, 1925), was a healer, mystic, and poet known simply as Brother James. The tune BROTHER JAMES AIR was first published in his volume The great peace: being a New Year's greeting ... (1915). Born in a devout Christian home, Bain came to doubt the faith but later regained a mystical belief with the aid of the Christo Theosophic Society. He founded the Brotherhood of Healers, and he and his fellow healers often sang to their patients during healing sessions. In the latter years of his life he worked among the poor in the slums of Liverpool. He published a book on healing entitled The Brotherhood of Healers ... (1906). Psalter Hymnal Handbook, 1988
James Leith Macbeth Bain

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