Scripture Verse

The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God: even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel. Psalm 68:8

Introduction

Words: From The Psal­ter (Pitts­burgh, Penn­syl­van­ia: Unit­ed Pres­by­ter­ian Board of Pub­li­ca­tion, 1912), num­ber 180.

Music: Van­der Werp Hen­ry Van­der Werp, 1911 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Van­der Werp (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

God saved His peo­ple from dis­tress
And led them through the wil­der­ness;
Then mount­ains trem­bled in their place,
The heav’ns were bowed be­fore His face.
With co­pi­ous show­ers Thou didst as­suage
The thirst­ing of Thy he­rit­age;
Thy con­gre­ga­tion dwelt se­cure;
Thou, God, art gra­cious to the poor.

With glo­ri­ous pomp our king and God
Has en­tered in­to His abode
With sac­red min­strel­sy and song,
While maid­ens with their tim­brels throng.
Assemble ye be­fore His face,
All ye that spring from Is­ra­el’s race;
Ye chos­en tribes with one ac­cord
Come ye, and bless your God, the Lord.