The Cyber Hymnal ‎#4351

4351. My Soul for Thy Salvation Faints

1. My soul for Thy salvation faints,
But still I hope in Thee;
I long to see Thy promised help,
When Thou shalt comfort me.

2. Thy statutes I do not forget,
Though wasting grief I know;
Thy servant’s days are few, O Lord:
When wilt Thou judge my foe?

3. The proud, disdainful of Thy law,
Entrap me wrongfully;
O Thou, whose law is just and true,
Help and deliver me.

4. Almost consumed, yet from Thy law
I have not turned away;
In lovingkindness give me strength,
That I may still obey.

Text Information

• First Line: My soul for Thy salvation faints
• Title: My Soul for Thy Salvation Faints
• Author: Anonymous (1912)
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Source: From The Psalter (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: The United Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1912), number 331
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Alternate tune: BELMONT, William Gardiner, 1812

Tune Information

• Name: MORRISON
• Composer: Michael Lonneke (2005)
• Meter: CM
• Incipit: 51135 54317 56541
• Key: C Major
• Copyright: Re­leased to the pub­lic do­main
• Notes: This tune was writ­ten for sing­ing the me­tric­al psal­ter at the Ang­li­can Church of the Good Shep­herd, Par­is, Vir­gin­ia, and is named for the rec­tor there.