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CREATOR GOD

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 11 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Norman L. Warren Tune Key: G Major Incipit: 56711 22334 32315 Used With Text: Safe in the Shadow of the Lord

Safe in the shadow of the Lord

Author: Timothy Dudley-Smith, b. 1926 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 13 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 91 Used With Tune: CREATOR GOD

Appears in 28 hymnals First Line: Lord, Thee my God, I'll early seek Lyrics: 1 Lord, Thee my God, I’ll early seek: My soul doth thirst for Thee; My flesh longs in a dry parched land, Wherein no waters be. 2 That I Thy power may behold, And brightness of Thy face, My panting heart now yearns to stand Within Thy holy place. 3 Since better is Thy love than life, My lips Thee praise shall give. I in Thy name will lift my hands, and bless Thee while I live. 4 E'en as with marrow and with fat My soul shall filled be; Then shall my mouth with joyful lips Sing praises unto Thee. Topics: The Psalms Scripture: Psalm 63 Used With Tune: CREATOR GOD Text Sources: Scottish Psalter

Praise to the God who clears the way

Author: Jan Berry, b. 1953 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: Praise and Thanksgiving; The Faithful Christ: Lent and Temptation Scripture: Isaiah 40:1-11 Used With Tune: CREATOR GOD

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Praise to the God who clears the way

Author: Jan Berry, b. 1953 Hymnal: Singing the Faith #183 (2011) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Praise and Thanksgiving; The Faithful Christ: Lent and Temptation Scripture: Isaiah 40:1-11 Languages: English Tune Title: CREATOR GOD

Psalm 91

Author: Timothy Dudley-Smith (b. 1926) Hymnal: Church Hymnary (4th ed.) #55 (2005) Meter: 8.6.8.6 First Line: Safe in the shadow of the Lord Lyrics: 1 Safe in the shadow of the Lord beneath his hand and power, I trust in him, I trust in him, my fortress and my tower. 2 My hope is set on God alone though Satan spreads his snare; I trust in him, I trust in him, to keep me in his care. 3 From fears and phantoms of the night, from foes about my way, I trust in him, I trust in him, by darkness as by day. 4 His holy angels keep my feet secure from every stone; I trust in him, I trust in him, and unafraid go on. 5 Strong in the everlasting name, and in my Father's care, I trust in him, I trust in him who hears and answers prayer. 6 Safe in the shadow of the Lord, possessed by love divine, I trust in him, I trust in him, and meet his love with mine. Topics: Angels; God Protection of; Trust Scripture: Psalm 91 Languages: English Tune Title: CREATOR GOD

Psalm 91

Author: Timothy Dudley-Smith (b. 1926) Hymnal: Hymns of Glory, Songs of Praise #55 (2008) Meter: 8.6.8.6 First Line: Safe in the shadow of the Lord Lyrics: 1 Safe in the shadow of the Lord, beneath his hand and power, I trust in him, I trust in him, my fortress and my tower. 2 My hope is set on God alone though Satan spreads his snare; I trust in him, I trust in him, to keep me in his care. 3 From fears and phantoms of the night, from foes about my way, I trust in him, I trust in him, by darkness as by day. 4 His holy angels keep my feet secure from every stone; I trust in him, I trust in him, and unafraid go on. 5 Strong in the everlasting name, and in my Father's care, I trust in him, I trust in him who hears and answers prayer. 6 Safe in the shadow of the Lord, possessed by love divine, I trust in him, I trust in him and meet his love with mine. Topics: Angels; God Protection of; Trust Scripture: Psalm 91 Languages: English Tune Title: CREATOR GOD

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Timothy Dudley-Smith

b. 1926 Paraphraser of "Safe in the Shadow of the Lord" in The Worshiping Church Timothy Dudley-Smith (b. 1926) Educated at Pembroke College and Ridley Hall, Cambridge, Dudley-Smith has served the Church of England since his ordination in 1950. He has occupied a number of church positions, including parish priest in the diocese of Southwark (1953-1962), archdeacon of Norwich (1973-1981), and bishop of Thetford, Norfolk, from 1981 until his retirement in 1992. He also edited a Christian magazine, Crusade, which was founded after Billy Graham's 1955 London crusade. Dudley-Smith began writing comic verse while a student at Cambridge; he did not begin to write hymns until the 1960s. Many of his several hundred hymn texts have been collected in Lift Every Heart: Collected Hymns 1961-1983 (1984), Songs of Deliverance: Thirty-six New Hymns (1988), and A Voice of Singing (1993). The writer of Christian Literature and the Church (1963), Someone Who Beckons (1978), and Praying with the English Hymn Writers (1989), Dudley-Smith has also served on various editorial committees, including the committee that published Psalm Praise (1973). Bert Polman