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Play “Safety in God”
Free same-meter accompaniment for Safety in God (Isaac Watts): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune ST. THOMAS (Aaron Williams) in four-part harmony, 4 verses, with the words on screen. Choose the key and speed, add an introduction, project the words on a TV, or practice your own choir part. Made for churches and home groups without a musician.
Sung here to ST. THOMAS (Aaron Williams), a Short Meter (6.6.8.6) tune — not necessarily the tune usually paired with this text. Any tune in the same meter fits the words.
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- 1When, overwhelmed with grief,
- My heart within me dies;
- Helpless, and far from all relief,
- To heav’n I lift mine eyes.
- 2O lead me to the rock
- That’s high above my head;
- And make the covert of thy wings
- My shelter and my shade.
- 3Within thy presence, Lord!
- For ever I’ll abide:
- Thou art the tower of my defense,
- The refuge where I hide.
- 4Thou givest me the lot
- Of those that fear thy name;
- If endless life be their reward,
- I shall possess the same.
About this music
ST. THOMAS — Aaron Williams. Setting: "The Church Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged" (Episcopal), 1905.. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project, copied from Episcopal Hymnal, 1905 Hymn 485.; music and setting are in the public domain. The words above are from the hymnal cited on the Safety in God page.
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