Where, Lord, shall I my refuge see? - Webbe, Samuel

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"A setting of Psalm 39, verses 9-14, in James Merrick's metrical version. This setting, composed by Samuel Webbe (sr.), compiled by William Dechair Tattersall. ''Hymn Tune Index'' tune number 6866."

⌛ Period → Classical ◈ Genre → Hymns

♯ Key A- major

⁄ Time Signature 4/4

♬ Voicing → SSB

◆ Difficulty

Elementary

↕ Range A-2 – F5

¶ Language → English

Measures 18

Texture mixed texture

Parts 3

Instruments A cappella

Pages 2

CPDL # 23143

Editor Edmund Gooch

Posted 2011-02-14

License Public Domain

♫Pitch Ranges

[Soprano & Tenor I]

E-4 – F5

[Alto & Tenor II]

C4 – E-5

[Bass]

A-2 – B-3

¶Lyrics / Text

Where, Lord, shall I my refuge see? On whom repose my hope but thee? O purge my guilt, nor let my foe, Exulting, mock my heightened woe. Convinced that thy paternal hand Inflicts but what my sins demand, I speechless sat; nor plaintive word, Nor murmur from my lips was heard. But O, in thy appointed hour Withdraw thy rod; lest nature's pow'r, While griefs on griefs my heart assail, Unequal to the conflict, fail. O how thy chastisements impair The human form, however fair! How frail the strongest frame we see, If thou the sinner's fate decree! As when the fretting moths consume The labour of the curious loom, The texture fails, the dyes decay, And all its lustre fades away. Such, man, thy state! then humbled, own That vanity and thou are one; Thyself, when in the balance weighed, A nothing, and thy life a shade.