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A Morning Psalm

Appears in 51 hymnals Topics: Doubts and Fears suppressed; Doubts and Fears suppressed First Line: O Lord, how many are my foes Lyrics: 1 O Lord, how many are my foes, In this weak state of flesh and blood? My peace they daily discompose, But my defence and hope is God. 2 Tired with the burdens of the day, To thee I rais'd an evening cry: Thou heardst when I began to pray, And thine Almighty help was nigh. 3 Supported by thine heavenly aid I laid me down and slept secure; Not death should make my heart afraid, Though I should wake and rise no more. 4 But God sustain'd me all the night; Salvation doth to God belong: He rais'd my head to see the light, And makes his praise my morning song. Scripture: Psalm 3:1-5

Deliverance from Slander and Reproach

Appears in 38 hymnals Topics: Doubts and Fears suppressed; Doubts and Fears suppressed First Line: My heart rejoices in thy name Lyrics: 1 My heart rejoices in thy name, My God, my heavenly trust; Thou hast preserv'd my face from shame, Mine honour from the dust. 2 "My life is spent with grief, I cried, "My years consum'd in groans, "My strength decays, mine eyes are dried, "And sorrow wastes my bones." 3 Among mine enemies my name A proverb vile was grown, While to my neighbours I became Forgotten and unknown. 4 Slander and fear on every side, Seiz'd and beset me round, I to the throne of grace applied, And speedy rescue found. Pause. 5 How great deliverance thou hast wrought Before the sons of men! The lying lips to silence brought, And made their boasting vain! 6 Thy children from the strife of tongues Shall thy pavilion hide, Guard them from infamy and wrongs, And crush the sons of pride. 7 Within thy secret presence, Lord, Let me for ever dwell; No fenced city wall'd and barr'd, Secures a saint so well. Scripture: Psalm 31:7

O Light, Whose beams illumine all

Author: E. H. Plumptre Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 56 hymnals Topics: Doubt Used With Tune: ST. MATTHIAS

'Lift up your hearts!' We lift them, Lord, to thee

Author: Henry Montagu Butler (1833-1918) Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 71 hymnals Topics: Doubt Lyrics: 1 'Lift up your hearts!' We lift them, Lord, to thee; here at thy feet none other may we see: 'lift up your hearts!' E'en so, with one accord, we lift them up, we lift them to the Lord. 2 Above the level of the former years, the mire of sin, the slough of guilty fears, the mist of doubt, the blight of love's decay, O Lord of light, lift all our hearts to-day. 3 Above the swamps of subterfuge and shame, the deeds, the thoughts, that honour may not name, the halting tongue that dares not tell the whole, O Lord of truth, lift every Christian soul. 4 Lift every gift that thou thyself hast given: low lies the best till lifted up to heaven; low lie the bounding heart, the teeming brain, till, sent from God, they mount to God again. 5 Then, as the trumpet-call in after years, 'Lift up your hearts!' rings pealing in our ears, still shall those hearts respond with full accord, 'We lift them up, we lift them to the Lord!' Scripture: Jeremiah 14:7-10 Used With Tune: WOODLANDS

Come, O Thou Traveler Unknown

Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 294 hymnals Topics: Doubt First Line: Come O thou Traveler unknown Lyrics: 1 Come, O thou Traveler unknown, whom still I hold, but cannot see! My company before is gone, and I am left alone with thee. With thee all night I mean to stay and wrestle till the break of day. 2 Wilt thou not yet to me reveal thy new, unutterable name? Tell me, I still beseech thee, tell, to know it now resolved I am. Wrestling, I will not let thee go till I thy name, thy nature know. 3 My strength is gone, my nature dies, I sink beneath thy weighty hand, faint to revive, and fall to rise. I fall, and yet by faith I stand; I stand and will not let thee go till I thy name, thy nature know. 4 Yield to me now—for I am weak, but confident in self-despair! Speak to my heart, in blessing speak, be conquered by my instant prayer. Speak, or thou never hence shalt move, and tell me if thy name is Love. 5 ‘Tis Love! ‘tis Love that wrestled me! I hear thy whisper in my heart. The morning breaks, the shadows flee, pure, universal Love thou art. To me, to all, thy mercies move— thy nature and thy name is Love. Scripture: Genesis 32:24-30 Used With Tune: VERNON Text Sources: based on Genesis 32:24-30; Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1742, alt.

God is the Hope of the Helpless

Appears in 49 hymnals Topics: Doubts and Fears suppressed; Doubts and Fears suppressed First Line: To God I made my sorrows known Lyrics: 1 To God I made my sorrows known, From God I sought relief; In long complaints before his throne I pour'd out all my grief. 2 My soul was overwhelm'd with woes, My heart began to break; My God, who all my burdens knows, Beholds the way I take. 3 On every side I cast mine eye, And found my helpers gone, While friends and strangers past me by Neglected or unknown. 4 Then did I raise a louder cry, And call'd thy mercy near, "Thou art my portion when I die, "Be thou my refuge here." 5 Lord, I am brought exceeding low, Now let thine ear attend, And make my foes who vex me know I've an almighty Friend. 6 From my sad prison set me free, Then shall I praise thy name, And holy men shall join with me, Thy kindness to proclaim. Scripture: Psalm 142

How Lovely Is Your Dwelling

Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 14 hymnals Topics: Doubt Lyrics: 1 How lovely is your dwelling, O Lord of hosts, to me; my soul is longing, fainting, the courts of God to see. The beauty of your dwelling will bring me joy anew. My heart and flesh are crying, O living God, for you. 2 Beneath your care the sparrow finds place for peaceful rest; to keep her young in safety the swallow finds a nest. So, Lord, my King Almighty, your love will shelter me; beneath your wings of mercy my dwelling place will be. 3 Blest they who love and serve you, whose joy and strength you are. Forever they will praise you, your ways are in their heart. Though tried, their tears like showers shall fill the springs of peace, and all the way to Zion their strength shall still increase. Scripture: Psalm 84 Used With Tune: ST. EDITH Text Sources: Psalter, 1912, alt.

Psalm 116: 1-0, 12-19 (A Responsorial Setting)

Author: Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 Appears in 197 hymnals Topics: Doubt First Line: I love the Lord, who heard my cry Scripture: Psalm 116 Used With Tune: [I Love the Lord, who heard my cry] Text Sources: Evangelical Lutheran Worship (Psalm text)

O let him whose sorrow

Author: Heinrich S. Oswald, 1751-1834; Frances E. Cox, 1812-1897 Appears in 73 hymnals Topics: Doubt Used With Tune: MARY MAGDALENE (DYKES)

O Christ, you wept when grief was raw

Author: Graham Maule (b. 1958); John L. Bell (b. 1949) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 6 hymnals Topics: Doubt Scripture: John 11:17-37 Used With Tune: ROCKINGHAM (COMMUNION)