In God Our Strength Let Us Rejoice - Psalm 81 Becker (Schütz) - Treasury 250

1. 1 In God our strength let us rejoice;
To Jacob’s God let us now sing,
2 And in our psalms, to help the voice,
The timbrel, harp and psaltery bring.
2. 3 The moon renewing, trumpets blow,
And when the solemn feastings be:
4 For Jacob’s God, long time ago,
In Israel did this law decree.
3. 5 This testimony He prepared,
When Jacob came from Egypt land
And lived where he a language heard,
Whose words he did not understand.
4. 6 “From burdens, and the potter's task,
Thy hands and shoulders I did free,
7 I helped, when thou for help didst ask.
I heard thee from the storm,” said He.
5. “Ev’n at the waters of debate
I said, that I might prove thee there,
8 O Israel, mark what I relate
And to My words incline thine ear.
6. 9 “Thou shalt no other gods at all,
10 But Me, the LORD thy God, receive;
For thee I brought from Egypt thrall,
And will thy largest askings give.
7. 11 “But Israel showed My words contempt;
Of Me, My people would have none:
12 So, to their pleasures left I them,
Who after their own lusts are gone.
8. 13 “Oh, had My people Me obeyed,
If Israel had My ways pursued,
14 I on their foes My hand had laid:
Their haters I had soon subdued.
9. 15 “My foes had then obeyed My pow’r,
And I had still My folk upheld:
16 I them had fed with purest flour,
And with rock-honey them had filled.”
Music: Heinrich Schütz, 1661
Text: George Wither (1588-1667)
SINGET MIT FREUDEN UNSERM GOTT [BECKER 81] 8 8. 8 8.
All vocals by Michael E. Owens. Not all the stanzas; it's just a sample, so you can learn the tune.
I record tunes that anyone can sing.
Now that you know the tune, go ahead and sing it.
treasuryofpsal...