Scripture Verse

Let all those that put their trust in Thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because Thou defendest them: let them also that love Thy name be joyful in Thee. Psalm 5:11

Introduction

Words: Pa­ra­phrase of Psalm 5. Ap­peared in Bi­ble Songs (Pitts­burgh, Penn­syl­van­ia: Unit­ed Pres­by­ter­ian Board of Pub­li­ca­tion, 1879), num­ber 5.

Music: D. A. Duff, 1909 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know Duff’s full name, or where to get a good pho­to of him (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

Let all them who trust Thy care
Ever glad and joy­ful be;
Let them joy who love Thy name,
Safely guard­ed, Lord, by Thee.

Refrain

Safely guard­ed, safe­ly guard­ed,
Safely guard­ed, Lord, by Thee;
Safely guard­ed, safe­ly guard­ed,
Safely guard­ed, Lord, by Thee.

For a bless­ing from Thy store
To the right­eous Thou wilt yield;
Thou wilt com­pass them about
With Thy fa­vor as a shield.

Refrain