The Psalter ‎#185

185. Petitions for Deliverance

1 In full assurance of Thy grace
To thee my prayer ascend;
In Thy abounding love and truth,
O God, salvation send.

2 Preserve my sinking soul, I pray,
From tides of hatred save;
Let not the waters overflow,
Redeem me from the grave.

3 Because Thy mercy, Lord, is good,
O answer me in grace,
And in the riches of Thy love
O turn to me Thy face.

4 Hide not Thy face from my distress,
A speedy answer send;
Draw near to me, my soul redeem,
From all my foes defend.

5 Well known to Thee is my reproach,
My shame and my disgrace;
The adversaries of my soul
Are all before Thy face.

6 My heart is broken by reproach,
My soul is full of grief;
I looked in vain for comforters,
For pity and relief.

7 They gave me bitter gall for food,
And taunting words they spake;
They gave me vinegar to drink,
My burning thirst to slake.

8 Their peace and plenty be their snare,
In blindness let them grope;
Thy indignation on them pour,
And desolate their hope.

9 Because they proudly persecute
Those whom Thou, Lord, dost smite,
Let them be blotted from Thy book
And banished from Thy sight.

Text Information

• First Line: In full assurance of Thy grace
• Title: Petitions for Deliverance
• Meter: C. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1912
• Scripture:
  Psalm 69
• Topic: Afflictions: Complaint of; Afflictions: Many and Severe; Afflictions: Prayer in; Anger of God: Invoked; Christ: The Sin-bearer; Christians: Persecuted and Sorrowing; Enemies: Many and Mighty; Faith: Act of; Grace: Redeeming; Prayer: For Deliverance from Trouble; Prayer: Imprecations in; Prayer: Pleas in; Retribution: Threatened; The Righteous: Hated by the Wicked; Salvation: Prayers for; Sin: Salvation from; Spiritual Darkness; The Wicked: Persecuting Spirit of; The Wicked: Prayers for Punishment of; Afflictions: From the Wicked
• Notes: Stanzas 10-18

Tune Information

• Name: ST. FLAVIAN
• Meter: C. M.
• Key: F Major
• Source: Daye's Psalter