Glory to God ‎#786

786. Why Stand So Far Away, My God? (Psalm 10)

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Text Information

• First Line: Why stand so far away, my God?
• Title: Why Stand So Far Away, My God? (Psalm 10)
• Author: Ruth Duck (1985)
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2013
• Scripture:
  Psalm 10
• Topic: Healing; Justice; Lament
• Copyright: © 1992 GIA Publications, Inc.
• ONE LICENSE: 31173

Tune Information

• Name: MORNING SONG
• Harmonizer: C. Winfred Douglas (1940)
• Meter: CM
• Key: A♭ Major
• Source: Wyeth's Repository of Sacred Music, Part Second, 1813
• Copyright: Harm. © 1940 C. Winfred Douglas (admin. Church Pension Fund)

Text Information:

This paraphrase of Psalm 10 is striking in its timeless questions and its keen sense of being abandoned by God. The injustice, oppression, and fear it describes resonate with the state of the world in our own day. Like the ancient psalmist, we pray for God to end the reign of terror.