Eternal God, how they’re in­creased
Who great­ly trou­ble me!
How ma­ny are the men that stand
In tri­umph over me!

Many there be who ev­er are
Saying un­to my soul,
There’s no sal­va­tion to be had
For him in God at all.

But now about me Thou’rt a shield
O Thou eter­nal God;
Thou art my glo­ry, and Thou art
Th’up­lift­er of my head.

I laid me down, and took my sleep,
And then I did awake;
Because that the eter­nal God
Sustained me all along.

Salvation is what does be­long
To the eter­nal God;
On those that are Thy peo­ple is
Thy be­ne­dic­tion still.