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Hymn · Psalm 46

God Is Our Refuge and Our Strength

ST. ETHELDREDA · C.M. · words from the Scottish Psalter, 1650 · music Thomas Turton

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God Is Our Refuge and Our Strength roar of her mov ed re our ing ent king ing cit wa straits pres doms shall y ters a move: were: God; make, aid; then the er a our hea in riv hills is is, raged midst midst ref Though 1. God 2. 5. The 4. God 3. A ly, dwell; glad cast; strength, tuous doth do be our the noth the Though in whose tu of her mul the streams seas and uge melt ear his seas be most for ly, a do a will swell the and did right hath ing not earth that high fear. prove. bode. shake. fraid: God to ly bled al Lord Lord where yea, the by ho ut her place, be; though trou fore, The The The And There the his er the re an we voice, will, Lord hills move, ed help in though earth 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 ST. ETHELDREDA C.M. Thomas Turton, 1860

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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