The Psalter ‎#272

272. Affliction and Appeal

1 Lord, hear my prayer, and let my cry
Have ready access unto Thee;
When in distress to thee i fly,
O hide not thou thy face from me.

2 Attend, o Lord, to my desire,
O haste to answer when I pray,
For grief consumes my strength like fire,
My days as smoke pass swift away.

3 My heart is withered like the grass,
And I forget my daily bread;
In lonely grief my days I pass
And sad my thoughts upon my bed.

4 My foes reproach me all the day,
My drink is tars, my bread is grief,
For in Thy wrath I pine away,
My days are like a fading leaf.

Text Information

• First Line: Lord, hear my prayer, and let my cry
• Title: Affliction and Appeal
• Meter: L. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1912
• Scripture:
  Psalm 102
• Topic: Afflictions: Complaint of; Afflictions: For sin; Afflictions: From the Wicked; Afflictions: Prayer in; Anger of God: Fearful; Christ: Crucifixion and Death of; Christians: Conflicts of; Despondency; God: Hearer of Prayer; Life: Brevity and Uncertainty of; Penitence; Prayer: Complaint in; Prayer: For Deliverance from Trouble; The Righteous: Hated by the Wicked; Sin: Conviction of

Tune Information

• Name: ORIEL
• Composer: William B. Bradbury
• Meter: L. M.
• Key: A♭ Major