Text · Psalm 46
God Is Our Refuge and Our Strength
God is our refuge and our strength
from the Scottish Psalter, 1650 · 8.6.8.6
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.
Sung to
- AZMON — Carl G. Gläser · C.M.
- ST. FLAVIAN — Day's Psalter, 1562 · C.M.
- ARLINGTON — Thomas Augustine Arne · C.M.
- BEATITUDO — John Bacchus Dykes · C.M.
- DETROIT — William Bradshaw · C.M.
- DUNDEE — Scottish Psalter (Edinburgh), 1615 · C.M.
- EVAN — or 'Eva' William H. Havergal · C.M.
- LEA — James Lea Summers · C.M.
- NEW BRITAIN — Carrell & Clayton · C.M.
- PETER'S ADMONITION — Joshua Raj · C.M.
- RICHMOND — Thomas Haweis · C.M.
- ST. AGNES — John Bacchus Dykes · C.M.
- ST. ANNE — William Croft · C.M.
- ST. ETHELDREDA — Thomas Turton · C.M.
- WINCHESTER OLD — Thomas Est, The Whole Book of Psalmes, 1592 · C.M.
Same meter but needs editorial underlay: BALLERMA, CLEANSING FOUNTAIN, CRIMOND, GLASGOW, GRÄFENBERG, MANOAH, MARTYRDOM, MCKEE, ORTONVILLE, ST. MAGNUS, ST. STEPHEN, STRACATHRO.
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