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WHOM should we love like Thee, Our God, our Guide, our King, The tower to which we flee, The rock to which we cling? O for a worthy tongue to show The countless mercies that we owe. |
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2 | The storm upon us fell, The floods around us rose; The depths of death and hell Seemed on our souls to close; To God we cried in strong despair, He heard, and came to help our prayer. |
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3 | He came, the King of kings, He cleaved the darkened sky; And on the tempest’s wings Rode glorious down from high; The earth before her Maker shook, The mountains quaked at His rebuke. |
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4 | Above the storm He stood, And awed it to repose; He drew us from the flood, And scattered all our foes; He set us in a spacious place, And there upholds us by His grace. |
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5 | Whom should we love like Thee, Our God, our Guide, our King, The tower to which we flee, The rock to which we cling? O for a worthy tongue to show The countless mercies that we owe. |
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Henry Francis Lyte, 1793-1847 |