Now Israel May Say

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Now Israel may say, and that truly

Author: William Whittingham
Tune: OLD 124TH
Published in 27 hymnals

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1 Now Israel
may say, and that truly,
If that the Lord
had not our cause maintained;
2 If that the Lord
had not our right sustained,
When cruel men
who us desired to slay
Rose up in wrath,
to make of us their prey;

3 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.
4 And as fierce floods
before them all things drown,
So had they brought
our soul to death quite down.

5 The raging streams,
with their proud swelling waves,
Had then our soul
o'erwhelmed in the deep.
6 But blessed be God,
who doth us safely keep,
And gave us not
a living prey to be
Unto their teeth
and bloody cruelty.

7 Even as a bird
out of the fowler's snare
Escapes away,
so is our soul set free:
Rent is their net,
and thus escaped we.
8 Therefore our help
is in the Lord's great name,
Who heaven and earth
by his great pow'r did frame.

Source: Foundations Psalter: 1650 Scottish Psalter #124-II

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Author: William Whittingham

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First Line:	Now Israel may say, and that truly
Title:	Now Israel May Say
Author:	William Whittingham
Meter:	10.10.10.10
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

Psalm 124
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OLD 124TH

GENEVAN 124 (also known as OLD 124TH) was first published in the 1551 edition of the Genevan Psalter. Dale Grotenhuis (PHH 4) harmonized the tune in 1985. One of the best known from the Genevan Psalter, the tune is published in most North American hymnals. By 1564 it was adopted in English and Scott…

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