Deliverance Days

Tune: Lux Benigna = Light Benign

('Lead, kindly light')

Psalm 18 part

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I will love you, O LORD, you are my strength

E'en now at length

The LORD my rock, my fortress, here I stay

And constant pray

He my deliverer, my God always

My strength lasting sure, unto endless days

 

In Him will I trust, He my buckler* too  (* a small round shield)

Shall me renew

He the horn#, the strength of my salvation (# a symbol of strength and power)

The holy one

I will call on Him, worthy to be praised

Is He, from my enemies has up raised

 

So calling on Him I shall thus be saved

Rescue not waived

But He did unto my help come, I called

Mercy not stalled

In my distress I to Him, came, provide

For me I pray, for you none there beside

 

For who is a rock, except God the LORD

His living word

Does He give unto us, he does us save

His help He gave

He girds me with strength, makes my way perfect

And too 'tis true for each of His elect

 

My steps you have enlarged now under me

I firm shall be

My feet not slip, but in an even place

By your good grace

My enemies I overtook, consumed

Trusting in you, not in my strength presumed

 

I will give you thanks, you deliver me

And set me free

From all the power of the enemy

Here so it be

Mercy and grace to His people He shows

And His anointed favours each one knows