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Text:I Love the Lord, Who Heard My Cry
Author:Isaac Watts
Tune:[I love the Lord, who heard my cry]
Arranger:Richard Smallwood

362. I Love the Lord, Who Heard My Cry

1 I love the Lord, who heard my cry
And pitied every groan.
Long as I live and troubles rise,
I’ll hasten to God's throne.

2 I love the Lord, who heard my cry
And chased my griefs away.
O let my heart no more despair
While I have breath to pray.

Text Information
First Line: I love the Lord, who heard my cry
Title: I Love the Lord, Who Heard My Cry
Author: Isaac Watts (1719)
Meter: CM
Language: English
Publication Date: 1990
Scripture:
Tune Information
Name: [I love the Lord, who heard my cry]
Arranger: Richard Smallwood (1975)
Meter: CM
Key: D Major
Source: African-American spiritual
Copyright: Arrangement © Richard Smallwood. All rights reserved. Used by permission.



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