The Psalter ‎#184

184. Suffering and Prayer

1 Save me, O God, because the floods
Come in upon my soul;
I sink in depths where none can stand,
Deep waters o'er me roll.

2 My constant calling wearies me,
My throat is parched and dried;
My eyes grow dim while for my God
Still waiting I abide.

3 The foes who hate me unprovoked
Are strong and still increase,
Tho' to disarm their enmity
My right I yield for peace.

4 O God, my folly and my sin
Thy holy eye can see;
Yet save from shame,Lord God of Hosts,
Thy saints that wait on Thee.

5 Forbid, O God, our covenant God,
That those who seek Thy face
Should see Thy servant put to shame
And share in my disgrace.

6 It is for Thee I am reproached,
For Thee I suffer shame,
Until my brethren know me not,
And hated is my name.

7 It is my zeal for Thy abode
That has consumed my life;
Reproached by those reproaching Thee,
I suffer in the strife.

8 I wept, with fasting bowed my soul,
Yet that was made my shame;
When I in sackcloth clothed myself,
Their byword I became.

9 The men who sit within the gate
With slander do me wrong,
And they who linger at their cups
Make me their jest and song.

Text Information

• First Line: Save me, O God, because the floods
• Title: Suffering and Prayer
• Meter: C. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1912
• Scripture:
  Psalm 69
• Topic: Afflictions: Complaint of; Afflictions: From the Wicked; Afflictions: Many and Severe; Afflictions: Prayer in; Christians: Persecuted and Sorrowing; Enemies: Many and Mighty; Prayer: Confession in; Prayer: Pleas in; The Righteous: Hated by the Wicked; Salvation: Prayers for; Sin: Confession of; Spiritual Darkness; The Wicked: Persecuting Spirit of; Zeal: True

Tune Information

• Name: ELLA
• Composer: Isaac B. Woodbury
• Meter: C. M.
• Key: E♭ Major