Hymn Story: I Greet Thee Who My Sure Redeemer Art

Galatians 1:

3 grace be to you and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ, 4 who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:

 

Little is known about the story of I Greet Thee, Who My Sure Redeemer Art." This hymn has been attributed to John Calvin, from the Strasbourg Psalter of 1545. One of the primary reasons for not attributing it to Calvin is that the hymn is not found in any of the later psalters. Plus, the basis of the hymn does not come from any Psalm text. But, regardless of the hymn writer, it is a solid hymn that has much to say to today's culture. The words are sung to the tune TOULON, the tune for Psalm 124 in the Genevan Psalter.

 

Listen to it here: I Greet Thee Who My Sure Redeemer Art