11320 | The Cyber Hymnal#11321 | 11322 |
Text: | Had Not The Lord, May Israel Say |
Author: | Isaac Watts |
Tune: | WHITBY ABBEY |
Composer: | R. Frank Lehman |
Media: | MIDI file |
1 Had not the Lord, may Israel say,
Had not the Lord maintained our side,
When men, to make our lives a prey,
Rose like the swelling of the tide.
2 The swelling tide had stopped our breath,
So fiercely did the waters roll,
We had been swallowed deep in death;
Proud waters had o’erwhelmed our soul.
3 We leap for joy, we shout and sing,
Who just escaped the fatal stroke;
So flies the bird with cheerful wing,
When once the fowler’s snare is broke.
4 For ever blessèd be the Lord,
Who broke the fowler’s cursèd snare,
Who saved us from the murdering sword,
And made our lives and souls His care.
5 Our help is in Jehovah’s name,
Who formed the earth and built the skies:
He that upholds that wondrous frame
Guards His own Church with watchful eyes.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Had not the Lord, may Israel say |
Title: | Had Not The Lord, May Israel Say |
Author: | Isaac Watts |
Meter: | LM |
Language: | English |
Source: | The Psalms of David, 1719 |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | WHITBY ABBEY |
Composer: | R. Frank Lehman (1901) |
Meter: | LM |
Key: | B♭ Major |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
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MIDI file: | Midi |
Noteworthy Composer score: | Noteworthy Composer Score |