Hymns of Truth and Light ‎#437

437. It's Me, It's Me, O Lord (Standin' in the Need of Prayer)

Text Information

• First Line: Not my brother, not my sister, but it's me, O Lord
• Title: It's Me, It's Me, O Lord (Standin' in the Need of Prayer)
• Refrain First Line: It's me it's me, O Lord
• Meter: 13 7.13 7 w. refrain
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1998
• Scripture:
  Romans 3:23
• Topic: Commitment, Discipleship and Service; God: Guidance and Help; Prayer: Prayer Personal
• Source: African-American spiritual

Tune Information

• Name: PENITENT
• Meter: 13 7.13 7 w. refrain
• Key: F Major or modal
• Source: African-American spiritual; Harm. FCC, 1997
• Copyright: Harm. © 1998 FCC Houston TX

Text Information:

Paul's words, 'All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God,' are personalized in this spiritual, included in James Weldon Johnson's 1925 collection The Book of American Negro Spirituals and popularized by Mahalia Jackson