The Church Hymnary (3rd Ed.) ‎#24

24. God is our refuge and our strength

1 God is our refuge and our strength,
In straits a present aid;
Therefore, although the earth remove,
We will not be afraid:

2 Though hills amidst the seas be cast;
Though waters roaring make,
And troubled be; yea, though the hills
By swelling seas do shake.

3 A river is, whose streams make glad
The city of our God;
The holy place, wherein the Lord
Most high hath his abode.

4 God in the midst of her doth dwell;
Nothing shall her remove;
God unto her an helper will,
And that right early, prove.

5 To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
The God whom we adore,
Be glory, as it was, and is,
And shall be evermore.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: God is our refuge and our strength
• Meter: C.M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1973
• Scripture:
  Psalm 46:1-5
• Topic: Approach to God: The Majesty of God

Tune Information

• Name: STROUDWATER
• Meter: C.M.
• Key: G Major or modal
• Source: Wilkins' Psalmody, ca. 1730; As in The Psalter in Metre, 1899
• Notes: A higher setting is given at No. 140(ii)