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88d. LORD, the God of My Salvation

1 LORD, the God of my salvation,
Day and night I cry to Thee;
Let my prayer now find acceptance,
In Thy mercy answer me.
Full of troubles and affliction,
Nigh to death my soul is brought,
Helpless, like one cast forever
From Thy care and from Thy thought.

2 You have brought me down to darkness,
'Neath Thy wrath I am oppressed;
All the billows of affliction
Overwhelm my soul distressed.
You have made my friends despise me,
And companionless I go,
Bound, and helpless in my bondage,
Pining in my bitter woe.

3 Unto Thee with hands uplifted
Daily I direct my cry;
Hear, O LORD, my supplication,
Hear and save me ere I die.
Will You wait to show Thy wonders
And Thy mercy to the dead?
Let me live to tell Thy praises,
By Thy loving-kindness led.

4 Still, O LORD, renewed each morning
Unto Thee my prayer shall be;
Cast me not away forever,
Let me now Thy favor see.
All my life is spent in sorrow,
Grief and terror always nigh,
Waves of wrath have surged about me;
Show Thy mercy e'er I die.

5 Friend and lover are departed,
Dark and lonely is my way;
Lord, be Thou my friend and helper,
Still to Thee, O LORD, I pray.
LORD, the God of my salvation,
Day and night I cry to Thee;
Let my prayer now find acceptance,
In Thy mercy answer me.

Text Information
First Line: LORD, the God of my salvation
Title: LORD, the God of My Salvation
Meter: 8.7.8.7 D
Language: English
Publication Date: 2022
Scripture:
Source: The Psalter, 1912
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