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Text: | Had God not come, may Israel say |
Author: | M. Luther |
Tune: | [Had God not come, may Israel say] |
Composer: | Joseph Klug |
1 Had God not come, may Israel say,
Had God not come to aid us,
Our enemies on that sad day
Would surely have dismayed us;
A remnant now, and handful small,
Held in contempt and scorn by all,
Who cruelly would oppress us.
2 Their furious wrath, did God permit,
Would quickly have consumed us,
And in the deep and yawning pit
With life and limb entombed us;
Like men o'er whom dark waters roll,
The streams had gone e'en o'er our soul,
And mightily o'erwhelmed us.
3 Thanks be to God, who from the pit
Snatched us, when it was gaping:
Our souls, like birds that break the net,
To the blue sky escaping;
The snare is broken--we are free!
The Lord our Helper praiséd be,
The God of earth and heaven.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Had God not come, may Israel say |
Author: | M. Luther (1524) |
Meter: | 8, 7, 8, 7, 8, 8, 7. |
Publication Date: | 1913 |
Topic: | Various Occasions: Thanksgiving Day; Various Occassions: Reformation Day |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | [Had God not come, may Israel say] |
Composer: | Joseph Klug (1535) |
Meter: | 8, 7, 8, 7, 8, 8, 7. |
Key: | G Major |
Source: | Wittenberg |