My Soul For Thy Salvation Faints

My soul for Thy salvation faints, Yet I thy word believe

Published in 7 hymnals

Representative Text

81 My soul for thy salvation faints;
yet I thy word believe.
82 Mine eyes fail for thy word: I say,
When wilt thou comfort give?
83 For like a bottle I'm become,
that in the smoke is set:
I'm black, and parched with grief; yet I
thy statutes not forget.

84 How many are thy servant's days?
when wilt thou execute
Just judgment on these wicked men
that do me persecute?
85 The proud have diggèd pits for me,
which is against thy laws.
86 Thy words all faithful are: help me,
pursued without a cause.

87 They so consumed me, that on earth
my life they scarce did leave:
Thy precepts yet forsook I not,
but close to them did cleave.
88 After thy loving-kindness, Lord,
me quicken, and preserve:
The testimony of thy mouth
so shall I still observe.

Source: Foundations Psalter: 1650 Scottish Psalter #119-11

Text Information

First Line: My soul for Thy salvation faints, Yet I thy word believe
Title: My Soul For Thy Salvation Faints
Meter: 8.6.8.6
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

CHESHIRE


BELMONT (Gardiner)

This tune has been mis-attributed to various other composers, but is clearly the work of the above-named composer.

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Foundations Psalter #119-11

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The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook #P119k

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