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The resort of the godly is trouble

Appears in 4 hymnals Topics: Afflictions Complaint of First Line: Defend me, Lord, from shame Scripture: Psalm 31 Used With Tune: [Defend me, Lord, from shame]

Memories of Zion

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 9 hymnals Topics: Afflictions Complaint of; Prayer Complaint in First Line: By Babel's streams we sat and wept Lyrics: 1 By Babel's streams we sat and wept, For mem'ry still to Zion clung; The winds alone our harp-strings swept, That on the drooping willows hung. 2 There our rude captors, flushed with pride, A song required to mock our wrongs; Our spoilers called for mirth, and cried, Come, song us one of Zion's songs. 3 Not songs but sighs to us belong When Zion's walls in ruin lie; How shall we sing Jehovah's song While in an alien land we die? 4 O Zion fair, God's holy hill, Wherein our God delights to dwell, Let my right hand forget her skill If I forget to love thee well. 5 If I do not remember thee, Then let my tongue from utterance cease, If any earthly joy to me Be dear as Zion's joy and peace. 6 Remember, Lord, the dreadful day Of Zion's cruel overthrow; How happy he who shall repay The bitter hatred of her foe. Scripture: Psalm 137 Used With Tune: OLIVE'S BROW

Penitential Grief and Supplication

Appears in 9 hymnals Topics: Afflictions Complaint of; Prayer Complaint in First Line: In Thy wrath and hot displeasure Lyrics: 1 In Thy wrath and hot displeasure, Chasten not Thy servant, Lord; Let Thy mercy, without measure, Help and peace to me afford. 2 Heavy is my tribulation, Sore my punishment has been; Broken by Thy indignation, I am troubled by my sin. 3 With my burden of transgression Heavy laden, overborne, Humbled low I make confession, For my folly now I mourn. 4 Weak and wounded, I implore Thee; Lord, to me Thy mercy show; All my prayer is now before Thee, All my trouble Thou dost know. 5 Darkness gathers, foes assail me, But I answer not a word; All my friends desert and fail me, Only Thou my cry hast heard. Scripture: Psalm 38 Used With Tune: ST. SYLVESTER

Hear Me, O God

Appears in 2 hymnals Topics: Complaint First Line: Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked Refrain First Line: Hear me, O God, as I voice my complaint Scripture: Psalm 64 Used With Tune: [Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked]

O Lord, in Mercy cast an Eye

Appears in 3 hymnals Topics: Sion's Complaints Lyrics: I. O Lord, in mercy cast an Eye On thy distressed SION; How few of Christians canst thou spy That 'scape th' infernal Lion? Thy Truth was never more despis'd; Faith, Charity is but disguis'd Amongst its mere Professors. II. They teach but Lies and Flattery, What is their own Invention; Their Doctrine is but Mockery Of God and his Intention: One chuses this, another that, Pretending to they know not what, Thought Saint-like in Appearance. III. Root out all mere Formality, O Lord! and its Infection, Confound refin'd Hyporcrisy, Which is beyond Correction. Yet shall our words be free, thy cry: Where is the Lord will ask us why? who dares controul our Sayings? IV. The Lord, who sees the Poor opprest, And hears the proud Professors, Will rise to give his Children Rest, And curb their sore Oppressors; Nor will he send his Word in vain, But wilful Mockers shall be slain, to save his poor Beloved. V. As Silver sev'n Times purify'd Shines in its greatest Beauty; So, Lord, thy word, the oftner try'd, Exerts the greater Duty; Affliction shall refine it more, And shew its Energy and Pow'r According to thy Promise. VI. O Lord, we pray, preserve it pure In this our Generation, And let us dwell in Thee secure From all Abomination. For Sin increases ev'ry Day, In ev'ry Place where bear the Sway The Church of CHRIST'S Blasphemers. Used With Tune: [O Lord, in Mercy cast an Eye]

God the Righteous Judge

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 12 hymnals Topics: Prayer Complaint in First Line: O Lord, Thou Judge of all the earth Lyrics: 1 O Lord, Thou Judge of all the earth, To Whom all vengeance doth belong, Arise and show Thy glory forth, Requite the proud, condemn the wrong. 2 How long, O Lord, in boastful pride Shall wicked men triumphant stand? How long shall they afflict Thy saints And devastate Thy chosen land? 3 The widow and the fatherless They slay, and helpless strangers smith; The faithful God they do not fear, They say the Lord will not requite. 4 Be wise, ye fools and brutish men; Shall not He see Who formed the eye? Shall not He hear Who formed the ear, And judge, Who reigneth, God Most High? 5 The Lord will judge in righteousness, From Him all truth and knowledge flow; The foolish thoughts of wicked men, How vain they are the Lord doth know. 6 That man is blest whom Thou, O Lord, With chastening hand dost teach Thy will, For in the day when sinners fall That man in peace abideth still. 7 The Lord will not cast off His own, Nor His inheritance forsake; Just judgment shall at length prevail, And upright hearts shall courage take. 8 Who will arise for my defense Against the wicked in the land? Against iniquity and wrong What man for me will valiant stand? 9 Unless the Lord had been my help, My life had quickly passed away; But when my foot had almost slipped, O Lord, Thy mercy was my stay. 10 Amid the doubts that fill my mind Thy comforts, Lord, bring joy to me; Can wickedness, though throned in might, Have fellowship, O Lord, with Thee? 11 The wicked, in their might arrayed, Against the righteous join their power, But to the Lord I flee for help, He is my refuge and my tower. 12 Our God, the refuge of His saints, Will fight against iniquity; Avenger of the innocent The Lord omnipotent will be. Scripture: Psalm 94 Used With Tune: LYTHAM

Danger and Rescue

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 5 hymnals Topics: Afflictions Complaint of First Line: O God, be merciful to me Lyrics: 1 O God, be merciful to me, My soul for refuge comes to Thee; Beneath Thy wings I safe will stay Until these troubles pass away. 2 To God most High shall rise my prayer, To God Who makes my wants His care; From heav'n He will salvation send, And me from ev'ry foe defend. 3 Great foes and fierce my soul alarm, Inflamed with rage and strong to harm, But God, from heav'n His dwelling-place, Will rescue me with truth and grace. 4 Be Thou, O God, exalted high, Yea, far above the starry sky, And let Thy glory be displayed O'er all the earth Thy hands have made. Scripture: Psalm 57 Used With Tune: SELWYN

The Mercy of God Besought

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 7 hymnals Topics: Afflictions Complaint of First Line: Thy tender mercies, O my Lord Lyrics: 1 Thy tender mercies, O my Lord, Withhold not I implore; But let Thy kindness and Thy truth Preserve me evermore. For countless ills have compassed me, My sinful deeds arise; Yea, they have overtaken me; I dare not raise my eyes. 2 My sins are more than I can count, My heart has failed for grief; Be pleased, O Lord, to rescue me, O haste to my relief. Be those who seek to hurt my soul Dismayed and put to flight, And they themselves be put to shame Who in my woe delight. 3 Let all who seek Thee now rejoice, Yea, glad in Thee abide. And, loving Thy salvation, say, The Lord be magnified. My lowly state and bitter need The Lord has not forgot; Thou art my Saviour and my help, Come, Lord, and tarry not. Scripture: Psalm 40 Used With Tune: RUTH

The Church Under Divine Discipline

Appears in 12 hymnals Topics: Prayer Complaint in First Line: O God, why hast thou cast us off Scripture: Psalm 74:1-12 Used With Tune: [O God, why hast thou cast us off]

Faith Vanquishing Fear

Appears in 27 hymnals Topics: Afflictions Complaint of First Line: Be merciful to me, O God Scripture: Psalm 56 Used With Tune: [Be merciful to me, O God]