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Hymn · Psalm 119

The Immutable Word

ERHALT UNS, HERR, BEI DEINEM WORT · L.M. · words from The Psalter, 1912 · music German, 16th century

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1.Forever settled in the heav'ns,
Thy word, O Lord, shall firmly stand;
Thy faithfulness shall never fail;
The earth abides at Thy command.

2.Thy word and works unmoved remain,
Thine ev'ry purpose to fulfill;
All things are Thine and Thee obey,
And all as servants wait Thy will.

3.I should have perished in my woe
Had not I loved Thy law divine;
That law I never can forget;
O save me, Lord, for I am Thine.

4.The wicked would destroy my soul,
But in Thy truth I muse with awe;
Imperfect I have found all else,
But boundless is Thy wondrous law.

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Same meter but needs editorial underlay: ABERYSTWYTH (PARRY), ANGELUS, BRESLAU, FEDERAL STREET, GERMANY, MARYTON, MENDON, MORNING HYMN, OLD 100TH, QUEBEC, THE FIRST NOEL, VOM HIMMEL HOCH, WOODWORTH.

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