Heed my teaching as I say dark things of the former days
that we have both heard and known; glorious deeds the Lord has done.
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God appointed me to teach to the generations, these
stories of ancestors who failed at trust and goodness, too.
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God was angry, full of rage, nonetheless the Lord kept faith;
sent them meat and bread for food, blessings they did not refuse.
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They went on by sin and death, thinking not that faithfulness
might produce prosperity for us, their posterity.
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When their priests fell by the sword, no one cared and not one mourned.
Learn from this and mend your ways. God is faithful ev’ry day.
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Image: Playing teacher – Print, Library of Congress collection, 1890
Source: Psalm 78:1-2, 34-38
Text: David Alexander, 2022 CC BY-SA NC 4.0
Tune: Harts, Public Domain
Score: https://www.smallchurchmusic.com/2017/Score/CaptainOfTheSaintly-Harts-Chords.pdf
Audio: www.smallchurchmusic.com Used by Permission
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