The Cyber Hymnal ‎#10614

10614. Unshaken As The Sacred Hill

1 Unshaken as the sacred hill,
And firm as mountains be,
Firm as a rock the soul shall rest
That leans, O Lord, on Thee.

2 Not walls nor hills could guard so well
Old Salem’s happy ground,
As those eternal arms of love
That every saint surround.

3 While tyrants are a smarting scourge
To drive them near to God,
Divine compassion does allay
The fury of the rod.

4 Deal gently, Lord, with souls sincere,
And lead them safely on
To the bright gates of paradise,
Where Christ their Lord is gone.

5 But if we trace the crooked ways
That the old serpent drew,
The wrath that drove him first to hell
Shall smite his followers, too.

Text Information

• First Line: Unshaken as the sacred hill
• Title: Unshaken As The Sacred Hill
• Author: Isaac Watts
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Source: The Psalms of David, 1719
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Alternative tunes: MARA by Charles Beecher, NEW YORK TUNE, anonymous in "The Sabbath Hymn and Tune Book" edited by Lowell Mason, et al (New York: Mason Brothers, 1859)

Tune Information

• Name: LONDON NEW
• Meter: CM
• Key: E♭ Major
• Source: Psalms (Edinburgh, Scotland: 1635)