Glory to God ‎#841

841. God Is My Strong Salvation (Psalm 27)

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

Text Information

• 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:
  Psalm 27
  ;
  Exodus 15:2
  ;
  2 Samuel 22:29
  ;
  Psalm 29:11
  ;
  Isaiah 26:3
  ;
  Micah 7:8
  ;
  Romans 8:31
  ;
  Ephesians 6:10
  ;
  2 Thessalonians 3:3
• Topic: Assurance; Faith; Trusting in the Promises of God

Tune Information

• 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)

Text Information:

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.