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Text:God Is Our Refuge and Our Strength
Tune:WINCHESTER OLD

191. God Is Our Refuge and Our Strength

1 God is our refuge and our strength,
Our ever-present aid,
And therefore, though the earth remove,
We will not be afraid;

2 Though hills amid the seas be cast,
Though foaming waters roar,
Yea, though the mighty billows shake
The mountains on the shore.

3 Where God abides a river flows;
That city will rejoice.
But nations fear and kingdoms shake
Before God's thundering voice.

4 Since God is in the midst of it,
The city walls shall stand,
Secure and safe with God's sure help,
When trouble is at hand.

Text Information
First Line: God is our refuge and our strength
Title: God Is Our Refuge and Our Strength
Meter: CM
Language: English
Publication Date: 1990
Scripture:
Source: The Psalter 1912, alt. 1988
Tune Information
Name: WINCHESTER OLD
Meter: CM
Key: F Major
Source: Este's Psalmes, 1592



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