"groaning" appears in 20 hymns in our collection, reflecting its spiritual significance in worship.
groaning
...At Thine advent to be led.
Long, so long, the groaning earth,
Cursed with war, and flood, and dearth...
At Thine advent to be led.
Long, so long, the groaning earth,
Cursed with war, and flood, and dearth
...start
The groaning creation doth wait,
Together they travail in pain;...
start
The groaning creation doth wait,
Together they travail in pain;
...While Jesus pronounces the word, depart;
With groanings he’ll mourn
O’er his sorrowful state,...
While Jesus pronounces the word, depart;
With groanings he’ll mourn
O’er his sorrowful state,
...While Jesus pronounces the word, depart;
With groanings he’ll mourn
O’er his sorrowful state,...
While Jesus pronounces the word, depart;
With groanings he’ll mourn
O’er his sorrowful state,
...Christ to every soul, and mine!
Let us groan Thine inward groaning;
Look on Him we pierced, and grieve;...
Christ to every soul, and mine!
Let us groan Thine inward groaning;
Look on Him we pierced, and grieve;
...And faith exults to know Thee near.
When tempests rock the groaning bark,
O hide them safe in Jesus’ ark;...
And faith exults to know Thee near.
When tempests rock the groaning bark,
O hide them safe in Jesus’ ark;
...Prospects overcast,
Weeping, groaning, sighing,
Still I’m anchored fast....
Prospects overcast,
Weeping, groaning, sighing,
Still I’m anchored fast.
...In their fathomless woe!
Oh, hark to the groaning:
All nature is moaning;...
In their fathomless woe!
Oh, hark to the groaning:
All nature is moaning;
...Gazing on her dying Son;
There in speechless anguish groaning,
Yearning, trembling, sighing, moaning,...
Gazing on her dying Son;
There in speechless anguish groaning,
Yearning, trembling, sighing, moaning,
...The blood that Jesus shed for me
When groaning, dying on the tree,
From all transgression cleanseth me,...
The blood that Jesus shed for me
When groaning, dying on the tree,
From all transgression cleanseth me,
...In the lands of heathen gloom,
Groping, groaning on in darkness,
Till they reach a Christless tomb....
In the lands of heathen gloom,
Groping, groaning on in darkness,
Till they reach a Christless tomb.
...With us, for us, intercede,
And, with voiceless groanings, plead
Our unutterable need,...
With us, for us, intercede,
And, with voiceless groanings, plead
Our unutterable need,
...True and gracious as Thou art,
Now our groaning souls release,
Write forgiveness on our heart....
True and gracious as Thou art,
Now our groaning souls release,
Write forgiveness on our heart.
...The deed was done; the Lamb was slain;
The groaning earth the burden bore:
He rose, He lives; He lives to reign,...
The deed was done; the Lamb was slain;
The groaning earth the burden bore:
He rose, He lives; He lives to reign,
...Bid her long nights of weeping cease;
To groaning nations haste the hour
Of life and freedom, light and peace....
Bid her long nights of weeping cease;
To groaning nations haste the hour
Of life and freedom, light and peace.
...See Him nailèd to the tree,
Bleeding, groaning, dying;
See, He suffered this for you,...
See Him nailèd to the tree,
Bleeding, groaning, dying;
See, He suffered this for you,
...May march with Thee to smite the lies
That vex Thy groaning earth.
Ah! would we join that blest array,...
May march with Thee to smite the lies
That vex Thy groaning earth.
Ah! would we join that blest array,
...When Christ our Lord shall come to reign,
This groaning earth shall smile again;
From sin and death ’twill then be free,...
When Christ our Lord shall come to reign,
This groaning earth shall smile again;
From sin and death ’twill then be free,
...I told Him all my secret grief,
My secret groaning reached His ears;
He gave my inward pains relief,...
I told Him all my secret grief,
My secret groaning reached His ears;
He gave my inward pains relief,
...’Tis a true and faithful Word.
Tell me, ye who hear Him groaning,
Was there ever grief like His?...
’Tis a true and faithful Word.
Tell me, ye who hear Him groaning,
Was there ever grief like His?
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