O God, Give Thou Ear to My Plea

O God

give Thou ear to my plea

And hide not Thy­self from my cry;

O heark­en and ans­wer Thou me

As rest­less and wea­ry I sigh.

O that I had wings like a dove

For then I would fly far away

And seek for the rest that I love

Where trou­ble no more could dis­may.

Nay

soul

call on God all the day;

The Lord for thy help will ap­pear;

At eve

morn

and noon hum­bly pray

And He thy pe­ti­tion will hear.

Thy bur­den now cast on the Lord

And He shall thy weak­ness sus­tain;

The right­eous who trust in His Word

Unmoved shall for­ev­er re­main.