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Text:Oh send thy light forth
Tune:ST. PAUL

29. Oh send thy light forth

1 Oh send thy light forth and thy truth;
let them be guides to me,
and bring me to thine holy hill,
even where thy dwellings be.

2 Then to God's altar I will go
to God, my chiefest joy:
O God, my God, to praise thy name
my harp I will employ.

3 Why art thou then cast down, my soul?
what should discourage thee?
Any why with vexing thoughts art thou
disquieted in me?

4 Thou art my refuge and my help,
my God that doth me raise.
I hope in God; I will again
have cause to give thee praise.

Text Information
First Line: Oh send thy light forth and thy truth
Title: Oh send thy light forth
Meter: 8 6 8 6 CM
Language: English
Publication Date: 1997
Scripture:
Topic: God: Refuge and Strength; Hope; Lament (4 more...)
Source: Paraphrase, Scottish Psalter 1650, alt.
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: ST. PAUL
Meter: 8 6 8 6 CM
Key: G Major
Source: James Chalmer's Collection, 1749
Copyright: Public Domain



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