Show Me Thy Glory (Exodus 33-34)

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Show Me Thy Glory

Exodus 33-34

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Show Me Thy Glory

Exodus 33-34

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This song belongs to the Exodus collection. 8 recordings are available to play here, with the complete lyrics below.

Bible book: Exodus
Collection: Exodus
Musical styles: Pop, World Music, Cinematic Soundtrack, Alternative Pop, Rock, Worship & Gospel, Alternative Rock

[Opening Plea] If Thy presence go not with us, Do not lead us from this place. What could mark a chosen people But the nearness of Thy grace? Moses stood beyond the campfire, At the tent where mercy spoke; Cloud descended at the doorway, Hope remained though vows had broke. [Refrain] Show me Thy glory, Let goodness pass near. Hide me within the cleft of the rock When holiness draws here. No mortal face may bear it, No human strength endure; Yet mercy walks before Him, Compassion strong and pure. [Verse 2] Two new tables rose at morning, Cut like those cast down before. Moses climbed again to Sinai, Forty days before the Lord. There the sacred name was sounded: Gracious, patient, rich in truth, Keeping mercy through the ages, Judging sin from root to fruit. [Bridge] He pleaded for a stiff-necked nation, Asked that God would journey still. Covenant was made and written, Law renewed by holy will. [Final Refrain] Show me Thy glory, Let goodness pass near. The mountain held the intercessor; The people waited in fear. He came with shining countenance, The tablets in his hand; Mercy had renewed the promise For the people in the sand.

Named in this songMoses Sinai

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Exodus 33: The land is promised, but the presence is in question

The Book of Exodus turns the promised land itself into bad news when God's presence is placed in question. An angelic escort and a land flowing with milk and honey remain on offer, yet Israel mourns because God says he will not go in their midst. A meeting tent stands outside the camp, giving physical form to the distance created by the covenant crisis. Moses refuses to treat his own favor as enough. He keeps putting the people back into the conversation, insisting that God's presence with both mediator and nation is what distinguishes Israel. When Moses finally asks to see glory, the answer is both generous and limited. God promises goodness, the proclamation of the divine name, grace, and mercy, but also a protective boundary on sight. The chapter makes presence the prize while refusing to turn presence into something Moses can possess or control.

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Exodus 34: The covenant is renewed under the name proclaimed

The Book of Exodus renews the covenant without pretending the first tablets never shattered. Moses cuts replacement stones, ascends alone, and hears the divine name proclaimed through mercy, grace, patience, goodness, truth, forgiveness, and judgment. Moses immediately turns that revelation into a plea for pardon and continued presence among a stiffnecked people. The renewed commands then strike directly at the danger exposed by the calf: rival altars, other gods, religious alliances, and molten images. Yet renewal also returns to calendars, firstborn redemption, Sabbath in the busiest farm seasons, annual appearances, sacrifices, and firstfruits. The covenant belongs to ordinary life as much as to the mountain. Written words preserve its terms beyond the emotional force of the encounter. Moses descends with a shining face he does not know is shining, carrying the commands to people who can see that the meeting has left a visible mark.

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