I Was Glad, O, So Glad
Words and music: Martha Dalton, 1990
Music:
1. I was glad, O, so glad, when they said unto me,
"Let us go unto the house of the Lord."
For a day in His courts is far better to be
Than a thousand away from God:
Singing praise, in the great congregation,
To Eternal God our Creator.
I was glad, O so glad, when they said unto me,
"Let us go unto the House of the Lord."
2. As a fountain of tears, I had poured out my soul
when derided by doubts and oppressed.
I had gone, with the people who kept Holy day,
to the House of God with joy and praise.
Why, O then, be cast down, O my soul,
And why the disquiet within?
Hope and healing and health are from Thee, O my God,
loving kindness and mercy and truth.
3. I commune with my soul, making diligent search;
I remember my song in the night;
My soul thirsts for Thy trust as in dry desert lands,
for thy pow'r and Thy glory to come.
From a horrible pit He delivered,
out of miry clay upon a rock;
Gave a song that is new, even praise to our God,
seeing many shall trust in the Lord.
Words and music copyright ©1990 by Martha Dalton and Audrey Rhodes
Used by permission