Setting: Cyber Hymnal · Claude Goudimel
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Now
Israel
May
Say,
and
That
Truly
(Second
Version)
fow
swell
that
voured
ler's
ing
us
tru
the
proud
de
and
snare
waves,
all,
ly,
cer
I
rag
a
ing
tain
sra
as
of
4.
Ev'n
3.
The
2.
Then
1.
Now
out
with
they
may
their
had
say,
el
ly
streams,
bird
deem;
tained;
main
set
the
could
our
our
ed
that
in
soul
we
cause
free:
deep.
swal
that
then
capes
Es
Had
And
If
o'er
so
for
had
is
whelm
ought
not
a
our
lowed
the
way,
soul
quick,
Lord
ly
ed
es
sus
we.
keep,
teem.
tained,
es
us
might
our
cap
safe
well
right
are
blessed
was
that
Broke
their
be
their
the
But
Such
If
as
and
who
had
doth
thus
we
not
God,
rage,
Lord
nets,
rious
great
ing
things
us
them
Lord's
liv
all
fu
the
a
name,
prey
drown,
ly
fore
hath
as
cru
el
our
not
fierce
There
And
And
When
be
is
us
a
for
in
fore
gainst
floods
help
giv'n
men
did
el
quite
their
y
us
great
of
to
pow'r
cru
death
frame.
ty.
down.
prey;
up
heav'n
to
had
and
their
they
in
So
Who
Un
Rose
and
by
our
to
soul
blood
his
make
wrath,
teeth,
earth
brought
Scottish
Psalter,
1650
OLD 124TH 10.10.10.10.10
Louis
Bourgeois,
1551
Now Israel May Say, and That Truly (Second Version)
fow
swell
that
voured
ler's
ing
us
tru
the
proud
de
and
snare
waves,
all,
ly,
cer
I
rag
a
ing
tain
sra
as
of
4.
Ev'n
3.
The
2.
Then
1.
Now
out
with
they
may
their
had
say,
el
ly
streams,
bird
deem;
tained;
main
set
the
could
our
our
ed
that
in
soul
we
cause
free:
deep.
swal
that
then
capes
Es
Had
And
If
o'er
so
for
had
is
whelm
ought
not
a
our
lowed
the
way,
soul
quick,
Lord
our
not
fierce
el
fore
hath
as
cru
we.
keep,
teem.
tained,
There
And
And
When
giv'n
help
floods
men
their
be
their
the
are
blessed
was
that
nets,
God,
rage,
Lord
Broke
But
Such
If
us
es
might
our
ed
ly
es
sus
cap
safe
well
right
and
who
as
had
doth
we
thus
not
pow'r
us
death
cru
great
our
by
and
to
blood
to
of
his
y
soul
make
frame.
ty.
down.
prey;
did
el
quite
their
them
a
the
us
fu
all
great
ing
things
rious
Lord's
liv
a
be
in
for
fore
gainst
is
us
heav'n
to
had
up
earth
teeth,
brought
wrath,
and
their
they
in
drown,
name,
prey
ly
Un
Who
So
Rose
Scottish
Psalter,
1650
OLD 124TH 10.10.10.10.10
Louis
Bourgeois,
1551
1. Now Israel may say, and that truly, If that the Lord had not our cause maintained; If that the Lord had not our right sustained, When cruel men against us furiously Rose up in wrath, to make of us their prey;
2. Then certainly they had devoured us all, And swallowed quick, for ought that we could deem; Such was their rage, as we might well esteem. And as fierce floods before them all things drown, So had they brought our soul to death quite down.
3. The raging streams, with their proud swelling waves, Had then our soul o'erwhelmed in the deep. But blessed be God, who doth us safely keep, And hath not giv'n us for a living prey Unto their teeth, and bloody cruelty.
4. Ev'n as a bird out of the fowler's snare Escapes away, so is our soul set free: Broke are their nets, and thus escaped we. Therefore our help is in the Lord's great name, Who heav'n and earth by his great pow'r did frame.
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