Psalms, carefully suited to the Christian worship in the United States of America: being an improvement of the old version of the Psalms of David ; allowed by the reverend Synod of New York and Philad 267. Unshaken as the sacred hill

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266b

Psalms, carefully suited to the Christian worship in the United States of America‎#267

268a

Text:

The saint's trial and safety

1 Unshaken as the sacred hill,
And firm as mountains stand,
Firm, as a rock, the soul shall rest,
That trusts th' Almighty hand.

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

3 While tyrants are a smarting scourge,
To drive them near to God,
Divine compassion will assuage
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 those crooked ways
That the old serpent drew,
The wrath that drove him first to hell,
Shall smite his foll'wers too.

Text Information
First Line:	Unshaken as the sacred hill
Title:	The saint's trial and safety
Meter:	Common Metre
Language:	English
Publication Date:	1791
Scripture:	Psalm 125
Notes:	Public Domain.