Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Psalm 126

The last line contains a tweak from the text to identify the source of deliverance. Compare with the original...

When the Lord delivered Israel,
It was as a wondrous dream,
Filled with cloud and fiery pillar,
Parting sea and blood-red stream.

Then was our mouth filled with laughter,
And our tongue was made to sing.
Then said they among the heathen,
"God for them hath done great things."

Turn us, Lord, again from bondage:
Flaxen cords of sin that bind.
Bring us safe into Thy presence,
Blessed Savior of mankind.

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