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264 Night Song

Words: Isaac Watts, 1719

Music: Allison Blake Steel, 2009

Meter: Long Meter Double (8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8)

Copyright: 2025 Sacred Harp Publishing Company

Great troubles with tumultuous noise
Like swelling seas around me spread;
Thy rising waves drown all my joys,
And roll tremendous o’er my head.
Yet will the Lord provide His love
When I address His throne by day,
Nor in the night His grace remove;
The night shall hear me sing and pray.

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