Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Psalm 83 (Salvum Fac)


Here is a chord chart for Psalm 83 - Psalm 83C in the Book of Psalms for Singing. It is sung to the tune Salvum Fac. This a wonderful jig that I think can be used to get people excited about Psalm singing.


Em                                          Am  Em                 G           A                   Em
Do not be silent God, or unresponding. Do not remain at rest, O Mighty One.
Em                                                     Am  Em                    G    A                   Em
For now Your foes arouse and make a clamor; Your bitter enemies lift up the head.
                       G                                   Am                                       G                        A
Against Your people now they plot in secret; They meet to work against Your hidden ones.
                     Em                             Am  Em                     G   A                   Em
They say, “Let us go up and end their nation. The name of Israel shall be no more!”

Em                                             Am  Em                      G              A           Em
Together they conspire in deadly earnest; Against You they have made a covenant.
Em                                                   Am  Em                     G       A            Em
The Ishmaelites are there the tents of Edom, The men of Moab with Hagarenes.
                   G                                   Am                     G                          A
See Gebal, Amalek, with men of Ammon; Behold Philistia and them of Tyre.
                   Em                                      Am  Em                       G      A                   Em
For as Ashur too has come and joins their forces; They are the power of the sons of Lot.


Em                                               Am  Em                      G    A                    Em
Treat them like Midian, like Jabin’s army. Treat them like Sisera at Kishon’s brook.
Em                                 Am  Em                         G         A                     Em
At Endor they were all annihilated, And they became as dung upon the ground.
                   G                                                    Am                                                 G                        
Like Oreb, make their chiefs. Their lords like Zebah! Who thought they would possess the
            A
land of God.
                   Em                              Am  Em                               G        A                   Em
My God, O make them be wilrling dust clouds; Make them like bits of chaff upon the wind.


Em                                                                 Am  Em                        G                A                   
Like fire that burns the woods, like flames of lightning, pursue them with Your storms and
    Em
strike with fear
Em                                Am  Em                            G              A                   Em
Fill up their faces with humiliation, And let them seek Your name, Jehovah, then.
                     G                                Am                                       G                    A
Let them be terrified and shamed forever, And let them be dismayed and be destroyed.
                        Em                           Am  Em                      G              A                     Em
Let them know You alone – You are Jehovah. You are the One Most High o’er all the earth.

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