Men Are That They Might Have Joy
Author: J. Marinus Jensen
Composer: J. J. Keeler
Languages (12)
This song text has been indexed at SingPraises.net in the following languages:
- Cebuano: Ang Tawo Gimugna Aron may Kalipay
- Croatian: Ljudi jesu da bi radost imali
- Czech: Lidé jsou, aby se radovali
- English: Men Are That They Might Have Joy
- English Braille: ⠠⠍⠢ ⠠⠁⠗⠑ ⠠⠹⠁⠞ ⠠⠮⠽ ⠠⠍⠊⠣⠞ ⠠⠓⠁⠧⠑ ⠠⠚⠕⠽
- Greek: Οι άνθρωποι γεννήθηκαν
- Khmer (Cambodian): មានមនុស្សលោក ឲ្យមានអំណរ
- Korean: 땅에서 한 소리 있어
- Latvian: Lai gūtu prieku, cilvēks ir
- Portuguese: Do Pó Nos Fala uma Voz
- Russian: Мы есть, чтоб радость нам иметь
- Tongan: Leʻo ne lea mei he efu
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Copyright status of original text
This text was first published in English, in 1948 or earlier.
In copyright (IRI)
Earliest source indexed at SingPraises.net: Hymns (1948), no. 290.
Representative lyrics
English (Original Language)
1. A voice hath spoken from the dust, Its message pure, without alloy, Of treasured hope and sacred trust: Oh, “men are that they might have joy.”
2. Should sorrow come, we’ll not despair, For He would not that men should pine. The grief that comes we’ll learn to bear Until again the sun doth shine.
3. Before the Lord, then, humbly go. His message will our spirits buoy. On us his blessings he’ll bestow, For “men are that they might have joy.”
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