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Abide with me; fast falls the eventide

Author: Henry Francis Lyte (1793-1847) Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 1,734 hymnals Topics: Lament Lyrics: 1 Abide with me; fast falls the eventide; the darkness deepens; Lord, with me abide! when other helpers fail, and comforts flee, help of the helpless, O abide with me. 2 Swift to its close ebbs out life's little day; earth's joys grow dim, its glories pass away; change and decay in all around I see; O thou who changest not, abide with me. 3 I need thy presence every passing hour; what but thy grace can foil the tempter's power? who like thyself my guide and stay can be? through cloud and sunshine, O abide with me. 4 I fear no foe with thee at hand to bless; ills have no weight, and tears no bitterness. Where is death's sting? Where, grave, thy victory? I triumph still, if thou abide with me. 5 Hold thou thy cross before my closing eyes; shine through the gloom, and point me to the skies: Heaven's morning breaks, and earth's vain shadows flee; in life, in death, O Lord, abide with me! Scripture: Psalm 23 Used With Tune: EVENTIDE

God, Be Merciful to Me (Dios, ten compasión de mí)

Author: Carlos Colón, b. 1966 Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7 Appears in 48 hymnals Topics: Lament Scripture: Psalm 51 Used With Tune: REDHEAD Text Sources: Psalter, 1912, alt.

O Christ, the Healer

Author: Fred Pratt Green Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 39 hymnals Topics: Lament First Line: O Christ, the healer, we have come Lyrics: 1 O Christ, the healer, we have come to pray for health, to plead for friends. How can we fail to be restored when reached by love that never ends? 2 From every ailment flesh endures our bodies clamor to be freed; yet in our hearts we would confess that wholeness is our deepest need. 3 How strong, O Lord, are our desires, how weak our knowledge of ourselves! Release in us those healing truths unconscious pride resists or shelves. 4 In conflicts that destroy our health we recognize the world’s disease; our common life declares our ills. Is there no cure, O Christ, for these? 5 Grant that we all, made one in faith, in your community may find the wholeness that, enriching us, shall reach the whole of humankind. Scripture: Psalm 102:1-7 Used With Tune: ERHALT UNS, HERR

Kyrie Eleison (Reindorf)

Author: David Fines Appears in 282 hymnals Topics: Confession, Lament, and Healing First Line: Kyrie eleison (Lord, have mercy on us) (Ô Seigneur, prends pitié) Used With Tune: [Kyrie eleison] Text Sources: Traditional liturgical text

Just a Closer Walk with Thee

Meter: Irregular Appears in 130 hymnals Topics: Lament; Lament First Line: I am weak but thou art strong Lyrics: Refrain: Just a closer walk with thee, grant it, Jesus, is my plea; daily walking close to thee, let it be, dear Lord, let it be. 1 I am weak but thou art strong: Jesus, keep me from all wrong; I’ll be satisfied as long as I walk, let me walk close to thee. [Refrain] 2 Through this world of toil and snares, if I falter, Lord, who cares? Who with me my burden shares? None but thee, dear Lord, none but thee. [Refrain] 3 When my feeble life is o’er, time for me will be no more; guide me gently, safely o’er to thy kingdom shore, to thy shore. [Refrain] Used With Tune: CLOSER WALK Text Sources: North American traditional

God Is My Strong Salvation

Author: James Montgomery Meter: 7.6.7.6 Appears in 289 hymnals Topics: Lament Individual Lyrics: 1 God is my strong salvation; what foe have I to fear? In peril and temptation my light, my help, is near. 2 Though hosts encamp around me, firm to the fight I stand; what terror can confound me, with God at my right hand? 3 Place on the Lord reliance, my soul, with courage wait; God's truth be thine affiance, when faint and desolate. 4 God's might thy heart shall strengthen, God's love thy joy increase; mercy thy days shall lengthen; the Lord will give thee peace. Scripture: Psalm 27 Used With Tune: CHRISTUS, DER IST MEIN LEBEN

There Is a Balm in Gilead

Meter: 7.6.7.6 with refrain Appears in 118 hymnals Topics: Lament First Line: Sometimes I feel discouraged Lyrics: Refrain: There is a balm in Gilead to make the wounded whole; there is a balm in Gilead to heal the sin-sick soul. 1 Sometimes I feel discouraged, and think my work’s in vain, but then the Holy Spirit revives my soul again. [Refrain] 2 Don’t ever feel discouraged, for Jesus is your friend, and if you lack for knowledge, he’ll not refuse to lend. [Refrain] 3 If you cannot preach like Peter, if you cannot pray like Paul, you can tell the love of Jesus and say, “He died for all.” [Refrain] Scripture: Deuteronomy 31:6-8 Used With Tune: BALM IN GILEAD Text Sources: African American spiritual

Out of My Bondage, Sorrow, and Night (De mi tristeza y esclavitud)

Author: William T. Sleeper, 1819-1904; Anonymous Meter: 9.8.9.6.9.9.9.6 Appears in 268 hymnals Topics: Lament Lyrics: 1 Out of my bondage, sorrow and night, Jesus, I come, Jesus, I come; Into thy freedom, gladness, and light, Jesus, I come to thee. Out of my sickness into thy health, Out of my want and into thy wealth, Out of my sin and into thyself, Jesus, I come to thee. 2 Out of my shameful failure and loss, Jesus, I come, Jesus, I come; Into the glorious gain of thy cross, Jesus, I come to thee. Out of earth's sorrows into thy balm, Out of life's storms and into thy calm, Out of distress to jubilant psalm, Jesus, I come to thee. 3 Out of unrest and arrogant pride, Jesus, I come, Jesus, I come; Into thy blessed will to abide, Jesus, I come to thee. Out of my self to dwell in thy love, Out of despair into raptures above, Upward for aye on wings like a dove, Jesus, I come to thee. 4 Out of the fear and dread of the tomb, Jesus, I come, Jesus, I come; Into the joy and light of thy home, Jesus, I come to thee. Out of the depths of ruin untold, Into the peace of thy sheltering fold, Ever thy glorious face to behold, Jesus, I come to thee. --- 1 De mi tristeza y esclavitud, vengo, Jesús, vengo, Jesús; a tu alegría y a tu virtud, vengo, Jesús, a ti. De mi pobreza y enfermedad, a tu salud y rica bondad; a tu presencia, de mi maldad, vengo, Jesús, a ti. 2 De mi flaqueza y falta de luz, vengo, Jesús, vengo, Jesús; al eminente bien de tu cruz, vengo, Jesús, a ti. Del sufrimiento que es terrenal, a ti mi médico celestial; para ser libre de todo mal, vengo, Jesús, a ti. 3 De mi soberbia y ansiedad, vengo, Jesús, vengo, Jesús; para morar en tu voluntad, vengo, Jesús, a ti. De mi tristeza a tu gran amor, a ti, Jesús, mi consolador; para por siempre darte loor, vengo, Jesús, a ti. 4 De ese terror que la tumba da, vengo, Jesús, vengo, Jesús; a la brillante luz de tu hogar, vengo, Jesús, a ti. De la indecible profundidad, a tu redil de tranquilidad; a ver tu faz por la eternidad, vengo, Jesús, a ti. Scripture: Matthew 11:28-30 Used With Tune: JESUS, I COME

By the Waters of Babylon

Author: Carl P. Daw Jr., b. 1944 Appears in 18 hymnals Topics: Lament Community; Lament General First Line: By the waters, the waters of Babylon Lyrics: By the waters, the waters of Babylon, We sat down and wept, and wept for Zion. We remember, we remember, we remember, Zion. Scripture: Psalm 137 Used With Tune: BY THE WATERS Text Sources: Stanzas 1 and 5 Traditional

O thou who hearest when sinners cry

Author: Isaac Watts Appears in 344 hymnals Topics: The Christian Unfaithfulness Lamented Lyrics: 1 O thou that hearest when sinners cry, Though all my crimes before thee lie, Behold me not with angry look, But blot their memory from thy book. 2 Create my nature pure within, And form my soul averse to sin; Let thy good Spirit ne'er depart, Nor hide thy presence from my heart. 3 I cannot live without thy light, Cast out and banished from thy sight; Thy holy joys, my God, restore, And guard me, that I fall no more. 4 Though I have grieved thy Spirit, Lord, His help and comfort still afford; And let a sinner seek thy throne; To plead the merits of thy Son. Used With Tune: WELTON