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There Is a Balm in Gilead

Meter: 7.6.7.6 with refrain Appears in 124 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
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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 276 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
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I Want Jesus to Walk with Me

Meter: 8.8.8.9 Appears in 59 hymnals Topics: Lament Lyrics: 1 I want Jesus to walk with me; I want Jesus to walk with me; all along my pilgrim journey, Lord, I want Jesus to walk with me. 2 In my trials, Lord, walk with me; in my trials, Lord, walk with me; when my heart is almost breaking, Lord, I want Jesus to walk with me. 3 When I’m in trouble, Lord, walk with me; when I’m in trouble, Lord, walk with me; when my head is bowed in sorrow, Lord, I want Jesus to walk with me. Scripture: Genesis 28:15 Used With Tune: WALK WITH ME Text Sources: African American spiritual
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By gracious powers so wonderfully sheltered

Author: Fred Pratt Green (1903-2000); Keith W. Clements (b. 1943); Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945) Meter: 11.10.11.10.11.10 Appears in 19 hymnals Topics: Sorrow and Lament Scripture: Lamentations 3:22-23 Used With Tune: FINLANDIA
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'Tis a point I long to know

Author: John Newton Appears in 280 hymnals Topics: The Christian Unfaithfulness Lamented Lyrics: 1 'Tis a point I long to know, Oft it causes anxious thought; Do I love the Lord, or no? Am I his, or am I not? 2 Could my heart so hard remain, Prayer a task and burden prove, Every trifle give me pain, If I knew a Saviour's love? 3 Yet I mourn my stubborn will, Find my sin a grief and thrall; Should I grieve for what I feel, If I did not love at all? 4 Could I joy with saints to meet, Choose the ways I once abhorred, Find at times the promise sweet, If I did not love the Lord? 5 Lord, decide the doubtful case, Thou who art thy people's Sun; Shine upon thy work of grace, If it be indeed begun. Used With Tune: LOVEST THOU ME?
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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
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Litany for the Slandered

Author: Johann Heerman; Catherine Winkworth Meter: 6.7.6.7.6.6.6 Appears in 64 hymnals Topics: Lament General; Lament Individual First Line: O God, my faithful God Scripture: Psalm 35 Used With Tune: DARMSTADT (WAS FRAG' ICH NACH DER WELT)

Before the Waters Nourished Earth

Author: Jeannette M. Lindholm, b. 1961 Appears in 2 hymnals Topics: Lament First Line: Before the watrs nourished earth Used With Tune: ST. COLUMBA
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O thou who hearest when sinners cry

Author: Isaac Watts Appears in 347 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
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How Firm a Foundation

Meter: 11.11.11.11 Appears in 2,254 hymnals Topics: Lament Individual First Line: How firm a foundation you saints of the Lord Lyrics: 1 How firm a foundation you saints of the Lord, is laid for your faith in his excellent Word! What more can he say than to you he has said, to you who for refuge to Jesus have fled? 2 "Fear not, I am with you, O be not dismayed, for I am your God, and will still give you aid; I'll strengthen you, help you, and cause you to stand, upheld by my righteous, omnipotent hand. 3 "The soul that on Jesus has leaned for repose I will not, I will not desert to its foes; that soul, though all hell should endeavor to shake, I'll never, no, never, no never forsake!" Scripture: Isaiah 43:1-5 Used With Tune: FOUNDATION Text Sources: J. Rippon's Selection of Hymns, 1787, alt.

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