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Text:Make Haste, O God, to Save
Author:Anonymous
Tune:ST. MICHAEL
Adapter:William Crotch
Composer (melody):Louis Bourgeois
Media:MIDI file

4152. Make Haste, O God, to Save

1. Make haste, O God, to save;
To help me, Lord, make haste;
Ashamed, confounded, they shall be
Who would my life lay waste.

2. They shall be put to shame
That in my hurt delight,
And backward in dishonor turned,
Their mocking to requite.

3. All they that seek Thy face
With joy in Thee abide,
And, loving Thy salvation, say,
Let God be magnified.

4. In need I am, and poor;
O God, make haste, I pray;
Thou art my Savior and my help,
O Lord, make no delay.

Text Information
First Line: Make haste, O God, to save
Title: Make Haste, O God, to Save
Author: Anonymous (1912)
Meter: SM
Language: English
Source: From The Psalter (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: The United Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1912), number 190
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: ST. MICHAEL
Composer (melody): Louis Bourgeois (1551)
Adapter: William Crotch (1836)
Meter: SM
Incipit: 51322 35432 21176
Key: G Major
Source: French Ge­nev­an Psalt­er, 1551
Copyright: Public Domain



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