O God, Be Merciful

O God

be mer­ci­ful

Be mer­ci­ful to me

For man with con­stant hate

Would fain my ru­in see.

My ma­ny ene­mies

Against me proud­ly fight;

To ov­er­whelm my soul

They watch from morn to night.

What time I am afraid

I put my trust in Thee;

In God I rest

and praise

His Word

so rich and free;

In God I put my trust

I nei­ther doubt nor fear

For man can nev­er harm

With God my help­er near.

All day they wrest my words

Their thoughts are full of hate;

They meet

they lurk

they watch

As for my soul they wait;

Shall they by wick­ed­ness

Escape Thy judg­ment right?

O God of right­eous­ness

Destroy them in Thy might.

Thou know­est all my woes

O trea­sure Thou my tears;

Are they not in Thy book

Where all my life ap­pears?

My foes shall back­ward turn

When I ap­peal to Thee

For this I sure­ly know

That God is still for me.

In God

the Lord

I rest

His word of grace I praise

His pro­mise stands se­cure

Nor fear nor foe dis­mays;

In God I put my trust

I nei­ther doubt nor fear

For man can nev­er harm

With God my help­er near.

Upon me are Thy vows

O God

in whom I live;

The sac­ri­fice of praise

To Thee I now will give;

For Thou hast saved from death

From fall­ing kept me free

That in the light of life

My walk may be with Thee.