Text:O God, Be Merciful
Tune:INVITATION
Composer:Frederick C. Maker

110. O God, Be Merciful

1 O God, be merciful,
Be merciful to me,
For man, with constant hate,
Would fain my ruin see.
My many enemies
Against me proudly fight;
To overwhelm my soul
They watch from morn to night.

2 What time I am afraid
I put my trust in Thee;
In God I rest, and praise
His word, so rich and free.
In God I put my trust,
I neither doubt nor fear,
For man can never harm,
With God my Helper near.

3 All day they wrest my words,
Their thoughts are full of hate;
They meet, they lurk, they watch,
As for my soul they wait.
Shall they be wickedness
Escape Thy judgment right?
O God of righteousness,
Destroy them in Thy might.

4 Thou knowest all my woes,
O treasure Thou my tears;
Are thy not in Thy book,
Where all my life appears?
My foes shall backward turn
When I appeal to Thee,
For this I surely know,
That God is still for me.

Text Information
First Line: O God, be merciful
Title: O God, Be Merciful
Meter: 6 6 6 6 D.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1934
Scripture:
Topic: Evil Character; Fearlessness; God our Helper (5 more...)
Tune Information
Name: INVITATION
Composer: Frederick C. Maker (1881)
Meter: 6 6 6 6 D.
Key: E♭ Major



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