Guide Me O Thou Great Redeemer : Lyrics
Also known as Guide Me O Thou Great Jehovah, or Arglwydd, Awain Twy’r Aialwch in the original Welsh.
Guide me, O thou great redeemer,
Pilgrim through this barren land;
I am weak, but thou art mighty,
Hold me with thy powerful hand;
Bread of heaven, bread of heaven
Feed me till I want no more;
Feed me till I want no more.
Open now the crystal fountain
Whence the healing stream doth flow;
Let the fire and cloudy pillar
Lead me all my journey through:
Strong deliverer, strong deliverer;
Be thou still my strength and shield;
Be thou still my strength and shield.
When I tread the verge of Jordan,
Bid my anxious fears subside;
Death of death, and hell’s destruction
Land me safe on Canaan’s side:
Songs of praises, songs of praises,
I will ever give to thee;
I will ever give to thee.
- Original lyricist William Williams Pantycelyn (1717 – 1791), translated by Peter Williams (1727 – 1796). Public Domain.
- Meter: 87 87 47.
Guide Me O Thou Great Redeemer Recordings
- Tune: Cwm Rhondda, composed by John Hughes (1873 – 1932). Public Domain.
- Performances ℗ 2019 Richard M S Irwin ISRC UKTU21900032. All rights reserved.
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Lectionary and Other Uses
- General Usage
- Ash Wednesday
- Baptism
- Funeral
- Pilgrimage
- Wedding
- Lectionary Year A
- Year A Proper 12 Ordinary 17 Trinity 7
- Year A Proper 17, Ordinary 22, Trinity 12
- Year A Proper 19, Ordinary 24, Trinity 14
- Year A Proper 24, Ordinary Time 29, Trinity 19
- Lectionary Year B
- Year B Epiphany 6
- Year B Proper 14 Ordinary 19 Trinity 10
- Lectionary Year C
- Year C Lent 5
The Welsh Original :Arglwydd, Awain Twy’r Aialwch
Guide Me O Thou Great Redeemer was originally a Welsh hymn, the first line translates as Lord, Leading Through The Desert
- Arglwydd, arwain trwy’r anialwch,
Fi, bererin gwael ei wedd,
Nad oes ynof nerth na bywyd
Fel yn gorwedd yn y bedd:
Hollalluog, Hollalluog,
Ydyw’r Un a’m cwyd i’r lan.
Ydyw’r Un a’m cwyd i’r lan
- Agor y ffynhonnau melus
‘N tarddu i maes o’r Graig y sydd;
Colofn dân rho’r nos i’m harwain,
A rho golofn niwl y dydd;
Rho i mi fanna, Rho i mi fanna,
Fel na bwyf yn llwfwrhau.
Fel na bwyf yn llwfwrhau.
- Pan yn troedio glan Iorddonen,
Par i’m hofnau suddo i gyd;
Dwg fi drwy y tonnau geirwon
Draw i Ganaan — gartref clyd:
Mawl diderfyn. Mawl diderfyn
Fydd i’th enw byth am hyn.
Fydd i’th enw byth am hyn.