| Joseph Friedlander, comp. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse. 1917. | | | | Jehovah-Nissi. The Lord My Banner | | By William Cowper |
| | | BY whom was David taught | |
| To aim the deadly blow, | |
| When he Goliath fought, | |
| And laid the Hittite low? | |
| Nor sword nor spear the stripling took, | 5 |
| But chose a pebble from the brook. | |
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| ’Twas Israel’s God and King | |
| Who sent him to the fight; | |
| Who gave him strength to sling, | |
| And skill to aim aright. | 10 |
| Ye feeble saints, your strength endures | |
| Because young David’s God is yours. | |
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| Who ordered Gideon forth, | |
| To storm the invaders’ camp | |
| With arms of little worth, | 15 |
| A pitcher and a lamp? | |
| The trumpets made his coming known | |
| And all the host was overthrown. | |
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| Oh! I have seen the day | |
| When with a single word, | 20 |
| God helping me to say, | |
| “My trust is in the Lord,” | |
| My soul hath quell’d a thousand foes, | |
| Fearless of all that could oppose. | |
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| But unbelief, self-will, | 25 |
| Self-righteousness and pride, | |
| How often do they steal | |
| My weapon from my side! | |
| Yet David’s Lord, and Gideon’s friend, | |
| Will help his servant to the end. | 30 | | | |
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