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Hymnal Number
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Keys included:
Eb
About this Hymn
Those unloose their pains who, disregarding God, gaze to a distance all around them and make long and devious circuits in quest of remedies to their troubles. Such is the inconsistency natural to us, that, so soon as we are smitten with any fear, that we turn our eyes in every direction, until faith, drawing us back from all these erratic wanderings, directs us exclusively to God. – John Calvin
Lyrics
Verse 1
I to the hills will lift mine eyes, from whence doth come my aid. My safety cometh from the Lord who heav'n and earth hath made.
Verse 2
Thy foot he'll not let slide, nor will he slumber that thee keeps. Behold, he that keeps Israel, he slumbers not, nor sleeps.
Verse 3
The Lord thee keeps, the Lord thy shade on thy right hand doth stay; the moon by night thee shall not smite, nor yet the sun by day.
Verse 4
The Lord shall keep thy soul; he shall preserve thee from all ill. Henceforth thy going out and in God keep forever will.
I to the hills will lift mine eyes, from whence doth come my aid. My safety cometh from the Lord who heav'n and earth hath made.
Verse 2
Thy foot he'll not let slide, nor will he slumber that thee keeps. Behold, he that keeps Israel, he slumbers not, nor sleeps.
Verse 3
The Lord thee keeps, the Lord thy shade on thy right hand doth stay; the moon by night thee shall not smite, nor yet the sun by day.
Verse 4
The Lord shall keep thy soul; he shall preserve thee from all ill. Henceforth thy going out and in God keep forever will.
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Attribution & Copyright
Words: The Psalms of David in Meeter, 1650
Music: The CL Psalmes of David in Meeter, 1615; harm. Thomas Ravenscroft, 1621, alt.
Music: The CL Psalmes of David in Meeter, 1615; harm. Thomas Ravenscroft, 1621, alt.