The Cyber Hymnal ‎#4160

4160. The Man Who Once Has Found Abode

1. The man who once has found abode
Within the secret place of God,
Shall with Almighty God abide,
And in His shadow safely hide.

2. I of the Lord my God will say,
He is my refuge and my stay;
To Him for safety I will flee;
My God, in Him my trust will be.

3. He shall with all protecting care
Preserve thee from the fowler’s snare;
When fearful plagues around prevail,
No fatal stroke shall thee assail.

4. His outspread pinions shall thee hide;
Beneath His wings shalt thou confide;
His faithfulness shall ever be
A shield and buckler unto thee.

5. No nightly terrors shall alarm;
No deadly shaft by day shall harm;
Nor pestilence that walks by night,
Nor plagues that waste in noonday light.

6. Because thy trust is God alone,
Thy dwelling place the Highest One,
No evil shall upon thee come,
Nor plague approach thy guarded home.

7. At thy right hand, though thousands die,
No harm shall unto thee come nigh;
But thou, secure, unharmed, shalt see
What wicked men’s reward shall be.

Text Information

• First Line: The man who once has found abode
• Title: The Man Who Once Has Found Abode
• Author: Anonymous
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Source: United Presbyterian Book of Psalms, 1871
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Words from Psalm 91. Alternate tune: UXBRIDGE, Lowell Mason, 1830

Tune Information

• Name: TALLIS' CANON
• Composer: Thomas Tallis (ca. 1567)
• Meter: LM
• Incipit: 11711 22314 43322
• Key: G Major
• Source: The Whole Psalter Translated into English Metre, by Matthew Parker, 1560
• Copyright: Public Domain