Tune: Lyngham
(one tune to 'O for a thousand tongues to sing')
Parts of Psalms 121 to 126
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The Lord is your keeper, protector He
Shall keep you here daily
Shall keep you here daily
He be your shade, defend from harm
Gives peace, comfort, and calm
Gives peace, comfort, and calm
Gives peace, gives peace, comfort, and calm
We pray for peace of His city
Jerusalem it be
Jerusalem it be
They shall prosper who love the place
Where He dwells by His grace
Where He dwells by His grace
Where He dwells, where He dwells by His grace
Our soul is escaped from enemies
Snares, traps set as they please
Snares, traps set as they please
But they are broken, we fly free
As birds fly gracefully
As birds fly gracefully
As birds, as birds fly gracefully
They that trust in the Lord are so
As Mount Zion, they know
As Mount Zion, they know
That they cannot be removed for
They abide evermore
They abide evermore
They abide, they abide evermore
As mountains round His city be
So the Lord He is, see
So the Lord he is, see
Round about His people for e'er
Departing from them ne'er
Departing from them ne'er
Departing, departing from them ne'er
The Lord has done for us great things
Make music, each one sings
Make music, each one sings
Of His salvation to us, we
Are glad and thankful be
Are glad and thankful be
Are glad, are glad and thankful be
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Author:
orchidee (
Offline) - Published: October 23rd, 2022 02:29
- Comment from author about the poem: A hymn-poem in 'extended' 8.6.8.6 format. 'Extended' means the repeated lines.
- Category: Spiritual
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if it hadn't been for your personal comment, I may have thought you were suffering from a literary form of echolalia or paraphrasing your pen .. however, your note made me see the light ................ 🙂
Thanks N. Me finger got stuck on the 'repeat' button - if there is one! I just liked to 'copy and paste' lol.
But it was to avoid any confusion over which lines should be sing twice, nay, even thrice in some places.
A times the repeated lines brings us to that selah moment and allow the spirit to absorb while the mind is off to the next interesting thing.
Thanks CB, I say, thanks CB.... Then there's me grumbling about 'repetitive Choruses'. Oops! But I mean the ones with only a few words, sung over about 5 million times in a row! Feels like that many.
Who is selah - Sheila? lol. It pops up in Psalms - meaning 'pause' I think. And Charles Wesley is often long in hymns, but not long winded!
Yup pause to meditate and savour yum!
I find the repetition of these lines gives emphasis to the sentiment, and meaning of your words. Lovely write!
Thanks Bella. It's as the hymn, some lines are 'x2' and some are 'x3'. I've spelt it out in full for ya. Fido said 'Spit it out man, tell us the whole story!' (all the lines). lol. I dare not defy Fido!
That wise Fido!
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