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GOD IS MY STRONG SALVATION

Scripture Verse

The Lord is my light and my salvation. Psalm 27:1

Introduction

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James Montgomery
(1771–1854)
National Portrait Gallery

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Words: James Mont­gom­ery, Songs of Zi­on (Lon­don: Long­man, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, 1822), pag­es 20–21.

Music: Au­rel­ia Sam­uel S. Wes­ley, in A Se­lect­ion of Psalms and Hymns, by Charles Kem­ble (Lon­don: John F. Shaw, 1864), num­ber 122 (🔊 ).

Alternate Tune:

  • Wedlock tra­di­tion­al Am­eri­can tune, in The Sac­red Harp, 1844 (🔊 )
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Samuel Wesley (1810–1876)

Lyrics

God is my strong sal­va­tion:
What foe have I to fear?
In dark­ness and temp­tation,
My light, my help is near;
Though hosts en­camp around me,
Firm in the fight I stand.
What ter­ror can con­found me,
With God at my right hand?

Place on the Lord re­li­ance;
My soul, with cour­age wait;
His truth be thine af­fi­ance,
When faint and de­so­late.
His might thine heart shall strength­en,
His love thy joy in­crease.
Mercy thy days shall length­en;
The Lord will give thee peace.