Text:I greet you my Redeemer sure, who lives
Author:John Calvin, 1509-64
Translator:Elizabeth Lee Smith, 1817-98
Tune:BLACKBIRD LEYS
Composer:Peter Warwick Cutts, 1937-

198. I greet you my Redeemer sure, who lives

1 I greet you my Redeemer sure, who lives
my only trust, who our salvation gives,
who pain did undergo for my poor sake;
I pray you from our hearts all cares to take.

2 You are the King of mercy and of grace,
reigning omnipotent in every place:
so come, our King, and our whole being sway;
shine on us with the light of your pure day.

3 You are the life by which alone we live
and all our substance and our strength receive;
sustain us by your faith and by your power,
and give us strength in every trying hour.

4 You have the true and perfect gentleness,
no harshness have you and no bitterness:
O grant to us to live before your face
that we may dwell united in your grace.

5 Our hope is in no other save in you;
our faith is built upon your promise true;
Lord, give us peace, and make us calm and sure,
that in your strength we evermore endure.

Text Information
First Line: I greet you my Redeemer sure, who lives
Author: John Calvin, 1509-64
Translator: Elizabeth Lee Smith, 1817-98 (adapt. and alt.)
Meter: 10 10.10 10
Language: English
Publication Date: 1999
Scripture: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Topic: Confession of Faith; Endurance; Faith (9 more...)
Source: French Psalter, Strasbourg, 1545
Tune Information
Name: BLACKBIRD LEYS
Composer: Peter Warwick Cutts, 1937-
Meter: 10 10.10 10
Key: E Major
Copyright: Music by permission of Oxford University Press



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