Ruthann Martin (15
March 2012)
"Ascension
Psalm - 1887 Psalter"
These Psalms are in reference to the video -
"Urgent: From the Lord: Sing the Ascension Psalms" -
from neartochrist2.
ASCENSION PSALM 124 c.m.
1. Had not the Lord been on our side,
May Israel now say -
Had not the Lord been on our side,
When men rose us to slay -
2. They had us swallowed up alive,
When their fierce wrath did flame.
The waters had us drowned; our soul
Had sunk beneath the stream.
3. Then had the waters, swelling high,
Above our soul made way.
O bless the Lord, who to their teeth
Us gave not for a prey.
4. Our soul has, like a bird, escaped
The cruel fowler's snare.
The snare asunder broken is,
And we escaped are.
5. Our sure and all-sufficient help
Is in Jehovah's name -
His name who did the heaven create,
And who the earth did frame.
ASCENSION PSALM 124 l.m.
1. Had not the Lord, may Israel say,
Had not the Lord maintained our side,
When men, to make our lives a prey,
Rose like the swelling of the tide -
2. The swelling tide had been our grave,
So fiercely did the waters roll..
The waters proud, with wave on wave,
Had swept above our drowning soul.
3. Blest be the Lord. Let praise be given,
That we escaped from death so nigh -
As when the fowler's snare is riven,
The bird escaping soars on high.
4. The snare is rent, and we are free.
Our grateful souls to God arise.
For all our help has come from thee,
Great maker of the earth and skies.