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Text:Are All the Foes of Sion Fools?
Author:Isaac Watts
Tune:SONG 67 (Gibbons)
Arranger:Henry T. Smart
Composer:Orlando Gibbons
Media:MIDI file

8077. Are All the Foes of Sion Fools?

1 Are all the foes of Sion fools,
Who thus devour her saints?
Do they not know her Savior rules,
And pities her complaints?

2 They shall be seized with sad surprise;
For God’s revenging arm
Scatters the bones of them that rise
To do His children harm.

3 In vain the sons of Satan boast
Of armies in array;
When God has first despised their host
They fall an easy prey.

4 O for a word from Zion’s king,
Her captives to restore!
Jacob with all his tribes shall sing,
And Judah weep no more.

Text Information
First Line: Are all the foes of Sion fools
Title: Are All the Foes of Sion Fools?
Author: Isaac Watts
Meter: CM
Language: English
Source: The Psalms of David, 1719
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: SONG 67 (Gibbons)
Composer: Orlando Gibbons
Arranger: Henry T. Smart
Meter: CM
Key: E♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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