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Psalm
124
First Version (C.M.)
[Recommended
tunes: St Andrew, York]
8,8,8,8
A
Song of degrees of David.
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1Had not the Lord been on our side,
may
Israel
now say;
2Had not the Lord been on our side,
when men rose us to slay;
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3They had us swallow'd quick, when as
their wrath 'gainst us did flame:
4Waters had cover'd us, our soul
had sunk beneath the stream.
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5Then had the waters, swelling high,
over our soul made way.
6Bless'd be the Lord, who to their teeth
us gave not for a prey.
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7Our soul's escaped, as a bird
out of the fowler's snare;
The
snare asunder broken is,
and we escaped are.
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8Our sure and all-sufficient help
is in Jehovah's name;
His
name who did the heav'n create,
and who the earth did frame.
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Second Version (10.10.10.10.10.)
[Recommended
tunes: Old 124th, Durie’s 124th]
10,10,10,10,10
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1Now
Israel
may say, and that truly,
If
that the Lord
had not our cause maintain'd;
2If that the Lord
had not our right sustain'd,
When
cruel men
against us furiously
Rose
up in wrath,
to make of us their prey;
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3Then certainly
they had devour'd us all,
And
swallow'd quick,
for ought that we could deem;
Such
was their rage,
as we might well esteem.
4And as fierce floods
before them all things drown,
So
had they brought
our
soul to death quite down.
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5The raging streams,
with their proud swelling waves,
Had
then our soul
o'erwhelmed in the deep.
6But bless'd be God,
who doth us safely keep,
And
hath not giv'n
us for a living prey
Unto
their teeth,
and bloody cruelty.
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7Ev'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.
8Therefore 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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