Prayer for Defense and Guidance

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To Thee I lift my soul, In Thee my trust repose

Tune: DENNIS (Nägeli)
Published in 3 hymnals

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Representative Text

1 To Thee I lift my soul,
In Thee my trust repose;
My God, O put me not to shame
Before triumphant foes.

2 None shall be put to shame
That humbly wait for Thee,
But those that willfully transgress,
On them the shame shall be.

3 Show me Thy paths, O Lord,
Teach me Thy perfect way,
O guide me in Thy truth divine,
And lead me day by day.

4 For Thou art God that dust
To me salvation send,
And patiently through all the day
Upon thee I attend.

5 Recall Thy mercies, Lord,
Their tenderness untold,
And all Thy loving-kindnesses,
For they have been of old.

The Psalter: with responsive readings, 1912

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First Line:	To Thee I lift my soul, In Thee my trust repose
Title:	Prayer for Defense and Guidance
Meter:	6.6.8.6
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

Psalm 25
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Tune

DENNIS (Nägeli)

Lowell Mason (PHH 96) arranged DENNIS and first published it in The Psaltery (1845), a hymnal he compiled with George. Webb (PHH 559). Mason attributed the tune to Johann G. Nageli (b. Wetzikon, near Zurich, Switzerland, 1773; d. Wetzikon, 1836) but included no source reference. Nageli presumably pu…

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