Psalms of Grace ‎#60a

60a. Why Have You Cast Us Off

1 Why have you cast us off, O Lord?
Return, return, Your Church to aid;
We sink beneath Your chastening rod!
O heal the breaches You have made!

2 How long will You, Your people prove?
How long the cup of trembling give?
Unfurl the banner of Your love;
Proclaim Your grace, and bid us live.

3 'Tis sweet in trouble's gathering night,
To muse on Your unfailing Word,
To think of all Your love and might,
And, trembling, trust in You, O Lord.

4 Vain is the help that earth affords,
Vain all that human hands bestow;
But You are with us, LORD of lords,
And soon we rise o'er ev'ry foe.

Text Information

• First Line: Why have you cast us off, O Lord?
• Title: Why Have You Cast Us Off
• Author: Henry F. Lyte, 1793-1847 (alt.)
• Meter: 8.8.8.8 LM
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2022
• Scripture:
  Psalm 60

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