Amos 9:11-15 "In that day I will raise up the booth of David that is fallen and repair its breaches, and raise up its ruins and rebuild it as in the days of old, (12) that they may possess the remnant of Edom and all the nations who are called by my name," declares the LORD who does this. (13) "Behold, the days are coming," declares the LORD, "when the plowman shall overtake the reaper and the treader of grapes him who sows the seed; the mountains shall drip sweet wine, and all the hills shall flow with it. (14) I will restore the fortunes of my people Israel, and they shall rebuild the ruined cities and inhabit them; they shall plant vineyards and drink their wine, and they shall make gardens and eat their fruit. (15) I will plant them on their land, and they shall never again be uprooted out of the land that I have given them," says the LORD your God.
Raised, the fallen booth of David
stands as in the days of old,
Edom’s remnant now possessing,
Gentiles brought into the fold,
ploughman overtaking reaper,
vintage, planting of the vine,
hills with bounty overflowing,
mountains dripping with sweet wine.
Exiles home to build, returning,
planting at the Lord’s command,
planted, not to be uprooted
anymore from Canaan’s land.
David’s Son was once abandoned,
through his wounds the River ran,
cut off from the land of living,
rootless, drained, demolished man.
Raised and desolate no longer,
to the world his bounty flows,
on the throne of God established,
increased, endless kingdom grows.
Raised, the fallen booth of David
stands as in the days of old,
Edom’s remnant now possessing,
Gentiles brought into the fold.
I can't imagine this appearing in SNAP! to any other tune than Ode to Joy but maybe you have better ideas. Do let me know. The very real and useful Praise! hymnbook is too full already but there is always room for new songs
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