I TO THE HILL WILL LIFT MINE EYES – EMHB 625
The Scottish Psalter (1650)
Tune: Agnes by John B. Dykes (1823-1876)
Bible Reference: Psalm 121 : 1-3
Introduction;
The words of this Hymn were written by F. Bland Tucker and was based on Psalm 121 vs 1-3 “I look up to the mountain does my help come from there? My help comes from the Lord who made heaven and earth. He will not let you stumble, the one who watches over you will not slumber”.
Christians throughout history have wanted to obey the Biblical injunction to praise the Lord using Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs. John Calvin quoting Augustine wrote “We shall not find better songs nor more fitting for the purpose than the Psalms of David which the Holy Spirit spoke. But the Psalms were originally written in Hebrew and when translated they don’t typically have the rhyme or rhythm for easy singing”.
In the early 1640s Francis Rouse and English Puritan rendered all 150 Psalms from the Hebrew into Metric English. The General Assembly of the Church of Scotland meeting in Edinburgh, took Rouse’s translation and submitted it to Revision Committees. These Committees spent six years working painstakingly as if creating a new translation of the Bible. Finally in 1650 the Scottish Psalter was accepted by the Congregation.
Let us lift up our voices in praise of God who made heaven and earth who will keep our going out and coming in, and preserve us from all ill now and forever.
EMHB 625
1. I to the hills will lift mine eyes,
From whence doth come mine aid;
My safety cometh from the Lord,
Who heaven and earth hath made.
2. Thy foot He’ll not let slide, nor will
He slumber that thee keeps:
Behold, He that keeps Israel,
He slumbers not, nor sleeps.
3. The Lord thee keeps, the Lord thy shade
On thy right hand doth stay:
The moon by night thee shall not smite,
Nor yet the sun by day.
4. The Lord shall keep thy soul; He shall
Preserve thee from all ill:
Henceforth thy going out and in
God keep for ever will.
The Scottish Psalter (1650)
Tune: Agnes by John B. Dykes (1823-1876)
Bible Reference: Psalm 121 : 1-3
Introduction;
The words of this Hymn were written by F. Bland Tucker and was based on Psalm 121 vs 1-3 “I look up to the mountain does my help come from there? My help comes from the Lord who made heaven and earth. He will not let you stumble, the one who watches over you will not slumber”.
Christians throughout history have wanted to obey the Biblical injunction to praise the Lord using Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs. John Calvin quoting Augustine wrote “We shall not find better songs nor more fitting for the purpose than the Psalms of David which the Holy Spirit spoke. But the Psalms were originally written in Hebrew and when translated they don’t typically have the rhyme or rhythm for easy singing”.
In the early 1640s Francis Rouse and English Puritan rendered all 150 Psalms from the Hebrew into Metric English. The General Assembly of the Church of Scotland meeting in Edinburgh, took Rouse’s translation and submitted it to Revision Committees. These Committees spent six years working painstakingly as if creating a new translation of the Bible. Finally in 1650 the Scottish Psalter was accepted by the Congregation.
Let us lift up our voices in praise of God who made heaven and earth who will keep our going out and coming in, and preserve us from all ill now and forever.
EMHB 625
1. I to the hills will lift mine eyes,
From whence doth come mine aid;
My safety cometh from the Lord,
Who heaven and earth hath made.
2. Thy foot He’ll not let slide, nor will
He slumber that thee keeps:
Behold, He that keeps Israel,
He slumbers not, nor sleeps.
3. The Lord thee keeps, the Lord thy shade
On thy right hand doth stay:
The moon by night thee shall not smite,
Nor yet the sun by day.
4. The Lord shall keep thy soul; He shall
Preserve thee from all ill:
Henceforth thy going out and in
God keep for ever will.
Adesegun Akitoye
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