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PSALM 44 IIS

The Martyr Church

GOOD SHEPHERD

Joseph Barnby

I Thou, Lord,hast for sak - en, to shame brought our boasts; No more to the

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field dost Thou

go with our hosts; Thou turn - est us back from the

foe

in dismay, And spoil-ers who hate

us have made us their prey.

2 Like sheep to the slaughter Thy people are given,
Dispersed through the nations afar we are driven;
Thou sellest Thy people to strangers for naught,
Their price to Thy treasure no increase has brought.

3 Thou makest our neighbors reproach us in pride,
And those that are near us to scoff and deride;
A by-word the nations have made of our name,
With scorn and derision they put us to shame.

4 Yea, all the day long I behold my disgrace,
And covered am I with confusion of face;
The voice of blasphemers and scoffers I hear,
The foe and avenger against me appear.

5 All this have we suffered, and never forgot

To serve Thee, Jehovah, nor falsely have wrought;
Our heart is not turned and our steps have not strayed,
Though crushed amid ruins and under death's shade.

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I If we have forgotten the Name of our God, Or un to an

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3 O why art Thou hiding the light of Thy face,
Forgetting our burden of grief and disgrace?

Our soul is bowed down, yea, we cleave to the dust;
Rise, help, and redeem us, Thy mercy we trust.

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My eager tongue with joy - ful song Doth praise the King Di vine.

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The Church the Bride of Christ

PSALM 45 S. M.

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IO Roy-al Bride, give heed, And to my words at- tend; For Christ the

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2 A river flows whose streams make 4 O come, behold what wondrous works
The city of our God,
The holy place wherein the Lord
Most High has His abode;
Since God is in the midst of her,
Unmoved her walls shall stand,
For God will be her early help,

When trouble is at hand.

3 The nations raged, the kingdoms
moved,

But when His voice was heard
The troubled earth was stilled to peace
Before His mighty word.

The Lord of Hosts is on our side,
Our safety to secure;

The God of Jacob is for us
A refuge strong and sure.

Jehovah's hand has wrought;
Come, see what desolation great
He on the earth has brought.
To utmost ends of all the earth
He causes war to cease;
The weapons of the strong destroyed,
He makes abiding peace.

5 Be still and know that I am God,
O'er all exalted high;

The subject nations of the earth
My Name shall magnify.
The Lord of Hosts is on our side,

Our safety to secure;
The God of Jacob is for us
A refuge strong and sure.