The Cyber Hymnal ‎#7369

7369. When Israel Out of Egypt Went

1. When Israel out of Egypt went,
From people of a speech unknown,
The Lord among His people dwelt,
And there He set his royal throne.

2. The sea beheld and fled away,
The Jordan’s waters backward turned,
The lofty mountains and the hills
With trembling awe our God discerned.

3. What aileth thee, O troubled sea?
Thou Jordan, why thy riven tide?
Ye mountains and ye little hills,
Why thus dismayed on every side?

4. O tremble, earth, before the Lord,
In presence of Jehovah fear,
Beneath whose touch the flinty rock
Became a fount of water clear.

Text Information

• First Line: When Israel out of Egypt went
• Title: When Israel Out of Egypt Went
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Source: The Psalter, 1912
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Al­ter­nate tune: VON HIMMEL HOCH, from Geist­liche Lied­er, by Val­en­tin Schu­mann (Leip­zig, Ger­ma­ny: 1539); har­mo­ny by Johann S. Bach

Tune Information

• Name: ABSCHIED
• Composer: Wenzel Müller (1828)
• Meter: LM
• Incipit: 54562 47154 57654
• Key: E♭ Major
• Copyright: Public Domain