O God, Give Ear

O God

give ear un­to my cry

And to my voice at­tend;

Though far from home and from Thy house

To Thee my pray­ers as­cend.

When trou­bles ov­er­whelm my heart

Then Thou wilt hear my cry;

For safe­ty lead me to the Rock

That high­er is than I.

A re­fuge Thou hast been for me

When storms of trou­ble low­er;

When foes as­sail

then Thou hast been

My strong de­fense and tow­er.

Within Thy ho­ly tem­ple

Lord

I ev­er will ab­ide;

Beneath the co­vert of Thy wings

In con­fi­dence I hide.