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Hymn · Psalm 46

God Is Our Refuge and Our Strength

DETROIT · C.M. · words from the Scottish Psalter, 1650 · music William Bradshaw

Setting: PBHT 1907 (modern) · PBHT 1907 · Southern Harmony 1854 · TBH 1901

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God Is Our Refuge and Our Strength mov her of roar pres ed re our ing ent king ing cit wa straits the noth the Though in doms shall y ters a make, were: move: God; aid; the er a our then hea in riv hills is is, raged midst midst ref 4. God 3. A 2. Though 1. God The 5. do tuous doth be our ly, dwell; glad cast; strength, her streams seas and tu of whose the uge mul did right hath ing not for ly, a do a melt ear his seas be we by most and the voice, will, Lord hills move, earth that high swell will fear. prove. bode. shake. fraid: al bled ly to God Lord Lord ho trou fore, The The The And There ed his er the the re where yea, the in ut her place, be; though help though earth an ter 6. The Lord of hosts upon our side doth constantly remain: The God of Jacob's our refuge, us safely to maintain. 7. Come, and behold what wondrous works have by the Lord been wrought; Come, see what desolations he on the earth hath brought. 8. Unto the ends of all the earth wars into peace he turns: The bow he breaks, the spear he cuts, in fire the chariot burns. 9. Be still, and know that I am God; among the heathen I Will be exalted; I on earth will be exalted high. 10. Our God, who is the Lord of hosts, is still upon our side; The God of Jacob our refuge for ever will abide. Scottish Psalter, 1650 DETROIT C.M. William Bradshaw, 1820

1.God is our refuge and our strength,
in straits a present aid;
Therefore, although the earth remove,
we will not be afraid:

2.Though hills amidst the seas be cast;
Though waters roaring make,
And troubled be; yea, though the hills
by swelling seas do shake.

3.A river is, whose streams do glad
the city of our God;
The holy place, wherein the Lord
most high hath his abode.

4.God in the midst of her doth dwell;
nothing shall her remove:
The Lord to her an helper will,
and that right early, prove.

5.The heathen raged tumultuously,
the kingdoms moved were:
The Lord God uttered his voice,
the earth did melt for fear.

6.The Lord of hosts upon our side
doth constantly remain:
The God of Jacob's our refuge,
us safely to maintain.

7.Come, and behold what wondrous works
have by the Lord been wrought;
Come, see what desolations
he on the earth hath brought.

8.Unto the ends of all the earth
wars into peace he turns:
The bow he breaks, the spear he cuts,
in fire the chariot burns.

9.Be still, and know that I am God;
among the heathen I
Will be exalted; I on earth
will be exalted high.

10.Our God, who is the Lord of hosts,
is still upon our side;
The God of Jacob our refuge
for ever will abide.

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