{"id":46481,"date":"2024-02-14T05:48:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-14T12:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.timesandseasons.org\/?p=46481"},"modified":"2024-02-10T13:54:30","modified_gmt":"2024-02-10T20:54:30","slug":"tened-en-dios-confianza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/2024\/02\/tened-en-dios-confianza\/","title":{"rendered":"“Tened en Dios Confianza”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I have not been able to find out much about “Tened en dios confianza,” nor about its author, Jos\u00e9 V. Estrada G. On a more personal note, however, this was the first hymn that I worked with when I started contemplating the Mexican Mission Hymns Project<\/a> around six years ago. The original music for the hymn that I wrote was even one of the five I submitted for consideration with the new hymnbook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hymn Text<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Table 1. <\/strong>Lyrics in the Spanish-language hymnals over the years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1912<\/strong><\/td>1942<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Si alg\u00fan dolor acerbo,
Vuestro ser devora ya,
No perd\u00e1is jam\u00e1s la calma,
Al Eterno Dios rogad.<\/td>		Si alg\u00fan dolor acerbo,
Vuestro ser devora ya;
No perd\u00e1is jam\u00e1s la calma,
Al eterno Dios rogad.<\/td><\/tr>
Fe tened, y esperanza,
Y as\u00ed tendr\u00e9is valor;
Y tened en Dios confianza,
El la ciencia os dar\u00e1.<\/td>		Fe tened y esperanza,
Y as\u00ed tendr\u00e9is valor;
Y tened en Dios confianza,
El la ciencia os dar\u00e1.<\/td><\/tr>
Mas no os dud\u00e9is de nada;
El que duda, siempre es
Como en el mar, la onda,
En tinieblas morir\u00e1.<\/td>		No dud\u00e9is de \u00e9l en nada,
El que duda, siempre es
Como en el mar, la onda,
En tinieblas morir\u00e1.<\/td><\/tr>
Y en esa fe sagrada,
El orgullo no teng\u00e1is;
Que la humildad es gracia,
Y que nunca la perd\u00e1is.<\/td>		Y en esa fe sagrada,
El orgullo no teng\u00e1is;
Que la humildad es gracia,
Y que nunca la perd\u00e1is.<\/td><\/tr>
Queda siempre ensalzado,
El que sufre por la fe,
El que \u00e1 su Dios implora
Humillado no ser\u00e1.<\/td>		Queda siempre ensalzado,
El que sufre por la fe;
El que \u00e1 su Dios implora
Humillado no ser\u00e1.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Table 2. <\/strong>Text of my English translation compared with the 1912 Spanish text.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1912 Spanish<\/strong><\/td>Prose English<\/strong><\/td>Poetic English<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Si alg\u00fan dolor acerbo,
Vuestro ser devora ya,
No perd\u00e1is jam\u00e1s la calma,
Al Eterno Dios rogad.<\/td>		If some bitter pain,
Now devours your being,
Never lose your calm,
Pray to the Eternal God.<\/td>		If your life is filled with aching,
And your soul consumed by pain;
Peace, be still, ev\u2019n while you\u2019re quaking
Pray to God: He will sustain.<\/td><\/tr>
Fe tened y esperanza,
Y as\u00ed tendr\u00e9is valor;
Y tened en Dios confianza,
El la ciencia os dar\u00e1.<\/td>		Have faith and hope,
And so you will have courage;
And trust in God,
He will give you understanding.<\/td>		Hold to faith and hope through trials,
And your courage still will stand.
Trust in God through all the miles,
He will help you understand.<\/td><\/tr>
Mas no os dud\u00e9is de nada;
El que duda, siempre es
Como en el mar, la onda,
En tinieblas morir\u00e1.<\/td>		But do not doubt anything;
The one who doubts is always
As in the sea, the wave,
In darkness he will die.<\/td>		Do not doubt in God the Father\u2014
They who doubt are like the wave:
Tossed about by wind and water,
In the darkness is their grave.<\/td><\/tr>
Y en esa fe sagrada,
El orgullo no teng\u00e1is;
Que la humildad es gracia,
Y que nunca la perd\u00e1is.<\/td>		And in that sacred faith,
Do not have pride;
That humility is grace,
And never lose it.<\/td>		In the sacred faith, don\u2019t waver:
In humility abide.
Through the grace of Christ, our Savior,
You will never fall to pride.<\/td><\/tr>
Queda siempre ensalzado,
El que sufre por la fe;
El que \u00e1 su Dios implora
Humillado no ser\u00e1.<\/td>		He is always exalted,
The one who suffers because of faith;
He who prays to his God
Will not be humiliated.<\/td>		If you suffer and stay faithful,
Exaltation is your boon.
Those who plead to Heav\u2019nly Father
Will not be confounded soon.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Music<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The hymn used two different pieces of music over the years. The first of these was a reference to Songs of Zion<\/em>, No. 119, a tune intended for \u201cGlorious Things of Thee Are Spoken\u201d, by J. S. Hanecy:<\/p>\n\n\n\n