Lord, the God of My Salvation

Lord

the God of my sal­va­tion

Day and night I cry to Thee;

Let my pray­er now find ac­cept­ance

In Thy mer­cy an­swer me.

Full of trou­bles and af­flict­ion

Nigh to death my soul is brought

Helpless

like one cast for­ev­er

From Thy care and from Thy thought.

Thou hast brought me down to dark­ness

’Neath Thy wrath I am op­pressed;

All the bil­lows of af­flict­ion

Overwhelm my soul dis­tressed.

Thou hast made my friends des­pise me

And com­pan­ion­less I go

Bound

and help­less in my bond­age

Pining in my bit­ter woe.

Unto Thee

with hands up­lift­ed

Daily I di­rect my cry;

Hear

O Lord

my sup­pli­ca­tion

Hear and save me ere I die.

Wilt Thou wait to show Thy won­ders

And Thy mer­cy to the dead?

Let me live to tell Thy prais­es

By Thy lov­ing­kind­ness led.

Still

O Lord

re­newed each morn­ing

Unto Thee my pray­er shall be;

Cast me not away for­ev­er

Let me now Thy fa­vor see.

All my life is spent in sor­row

Grief and ter­ror al­ways nigh

Waves of wrath have surged ab­out me;

Show Thy mer­cy ere I die.

Friend and lov­er are de­part­ed

Dark and lone­ly is my way;

Lord

be Thou my friend and help­er

Still to Thee

O Lord

I pray.

Lord

the God of my sal­va­tion

Day and night I cry to Thee;

Let my pray­er now find ac­cept­ance;

In Thy mer­cy an­swer me.