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840 | Glory to God#841 | 842 |
Text: | God Is My Strong Salvation (Psalm 27) |
Author: | James Montgomery |
Tune: | WEDLOCK |
Harmonizer: | Austin C. Lovelace |
Media: | Audio recording |
1 God is my strong salvation;
what foe have I to fear?
In peril and temptation
my light, my help, is near.
Though hosts encamp around me,
firm to the fight I stand;
what terror can confound me,
with God at my right hand?
2 Place on the Lord reliance;
my soul, with courage wait;
God's truth be thine affiance,
when faint and desolate.
God's might thy heart shall strengthen,
God's love thy joy increase;
mercy thy days shall lengthen;
the Lord will give thee peace
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First Line: | God is my strong salvation |
Title: | God Is My Strong Salvation (Psalm 27) |
Author: | James Montgomery (1822, alt.) |
Meter: | 7.6.7.6.D |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2013 |
Scripture: | ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; |
Topic: | Assurance; Faith; Trusting in the Promises of God |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | WEDLOCK |
Harmonizer: | Austin C. Lovelace (1964) |
Meter: | 7.6.7.6.D |
Key: | f minor |
Source: | The Sacred Harp, 1944 |
Copyright: | Harm. © 1964 Abingdon Press (admin. The Copyright Company) |
Preserving the author’s intention, his abbreviated paraphrase of Psalm 27 appears here in two eight-line stanzas, the first containing general affirmations and the second assurances to his fainting soul. This sense of resolution is strengthened by the sturdy shape note tune.
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Audio recording: | ![]() |