Common Praise ‎#471

471. I to the hills will lift mine eyes

1 I to the hills will lift mine eyes;
from whence doth come mine aid?
My safety cometh from the Lord,
who heaven and earth hath made.

2 Thy foot he'll not let slide, nor will
he slumber that thee keeps;
behold, he that keeps Israel,
he slumbers not, nor sleeps.

3 The Lord thee keeps; the Lord thy shade
on thy right hand doth stay:
the moon by night thee shall not smite,
nor yet the sun by day.

4 The Lord shall keep thy soul; he shall
preserve thee from all ill;
henceforth thy going out and in
God keep for ever will.

Text Information

• First Line: I to the hills will lift mine eyes
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2000
• Scripture:
  Genesis 1:1
  ;
  Psalm 121
  ;
  Psalm 124:8
• Topic: Funerals, Commemoration, Remembrance and All Souls
• Source: Scottish Psalter, 1650

Tune Information

• Name: ST MARY
• Meter: CM
• Key: d minor
• Source: Harmonised in J. Playford's Psalmes, 1677