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329. God Is Our Refuge and Our Strength (Psalm 46)

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1 God is our refuge and our strength,
our ever-present aid,
and therefore, though the earth be moved,
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 (Psalm 46)
Meter: CM
Language: English
Publication Date: 2013
Scripture:
Topic: Assurance; The Life of the Nations; Sovereignty of God
Source: Stanzas 1–2, The New Metrical Version of the Psalms, 1909
Tune Information
Name: WINCHESTER OLD
Harmonizer: George Kirbye (1592)
Meter: CM
Key: F Major
Source: Este’s Psalmes, 1592


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The first two stanzas of this very condensed paraphrase of Psalm 46 were created early in the 20th century, and the last two stanzas were prepared near its end. The text is set to a late 16th-century psalm tune that comes from the first such collection to give tunes names.


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