Classic Christian Hymns · Public-domain text

As Pants the Hart

Nahum Tate and Nicholas Brady · 1696

Source: New Version of the Psalms of David

Stanza 1

As pants the hart for cooling streams
When heated in the chase
So longs my soul, O God, for thee
And thy refreshing grace

Stanza 2

For thee, my God, the living God
My thirsty soul doth pine
O when shall I behold thy face
Thou Majesty divine

Stanza 3

Why restless, why cast down, my soul
Hope still; and thou shalt sing
The praise of him who is thy God
Thy health's eternal spring

Stanza 4

To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost
The God whom we adore
Be glory, as it was, is now
And shall be evermore