Our refuge is in God

Verse 1

Our refuge is in God, In him our strength is found; He is a very present help, When dangers us surround.

Verse 2

No fears shall us dismay, The earth's convulsed, and torn; Though mountains, rent from their fixed roots, Were to the mid-sea torn;

Verse 3

Should storms enrage the deep, And make the waters roar; Should swelling billows mountains shake, That border on the shore.

Verse 4

A river's gentle streams, Are to God's city sent; Which glads the place, where the Most High Has fixed his sacred tent.

Verse 5

The Lord, in Zion dwells, She shall unmoved abide; In fittest season God, for her, Will speedy help provide.

Verse 6

The heathen nations raged, Kingdoms, in wrath, combine; But God, in hot resentments, spake. And melted their design.

Verse 7

Jehovah, with his Hosts, Engages on our side; Our refuge is in Jacob's God, In whom we safe abide.

Verse 8

Come, see the wondrous works, Which God, for us hath wrought! What fearful desolations, he, Upon the earth, hath brought!

Verse 9

Throughout the jarring world, Wars into peace he turns; He breaks the bow' and cuts the spear; In fire the chariot burns.

Verse 10

Be still, and know I'm God; I will exalt my name, In heathen lands, and through the earth, I'll be extolled in fame.

Verse 11

Jehovah, with his Hosts, Engages on our side; And Jacob's God our refuge is, In whom we safe abide.