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IN GRIEF AND FEAR, TO THEE, O LORD

Scripture Verse

Surely He shall deliver thee from the…pestilence. Psalm 91:3

Introduction

Words: Will­iam Bull­ock (1798–1874).

Music: Wind­sor Chris­to­pher Tye, 1533. Ar­ranged in the Booke of Mu­sicke, by Will­iam Da­man, 1591 (🔊 ).

Alternate Tunes:

  • Burford in the Book of Psal­mo­dy, by John Che­tham, 1718 (🔊 )
  • Salisbury Tho­mas Ra­vens­croft, The Whole Booke of Psalmes (Lon­don: 1621) (🔊 )
  • St. Bernard (Ri­chard­son) Toch­ter Si­on (Co­logne Ger­ma­ny: 1741). Ar­ranged by John Ri­chard­son (1816–1879) (🔊 )

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Lyrics

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The Plague of Rome
Jules-Elie Delauney (1828–1891)

In grief and fear, to Thee, O Lord,
We now for suc­cor fly,
Thine aw­ful judg­ments are abroad,
O shield us, lest we die!

The fell dis­ease on ev­ery side
Walks forth with taint­ed breath;
And pes­ti­lence, with ra­pid stride,
Bestrews the land with death.

O look with pi­ty on the scene
Of sad­ness and of dread,
And let Thine an­gel stand be­tween
The liv­ing and the dead!

With con­trite hearts to Thee, our king
We turn, who oft have strayed;
Accept the sac­ri­fice we bring,
And let the plague be stayed.