You shall go out with joy

You shall go out with joy. Stuart Dauermann* (1944-) and Steffi Gesier Rubin (1950-). Dauermann and Rubin were members of The Liberated Wailing Wall music group in the 1970s, whih was associated with the Jews for Jesus organisation. This co-written hymn, one of several collaborations, was first published in Scriptures to Sing (1975). It is sometimes known as ‘Trees of the field’. It is a close paraphrase of Isaiah 55: 12, comprising a single stanza. The final part of the Bible verse, ‘and the trees of the field shall clap their hands’ is repeated several times before the lyrics re-use the opening of the verse to conclude the song with the line ‘and you'll go out with joy.’ Bert Polman*...