Hymns and Devotions for Daily Worship ‎#210

210. Psalm 86

1. Your list'ning ear, O Lord, bend low;
Hear me, my God, distressed and weak!
Lord, I am yours, preserve my soul;
O save me, for your aid I seek!

2. To you ascend my daily cries;
Hear, Lord, in mercy hear my voice!
To you my soul for comfort flies;
O bid your servant's soul rejoice!

3. 'Tis yours in goodness to abound;
'Tis yours to pity and forgive;
'Tis yours to heal the bleeding wound
And grant the plaintive soul to live.

4. Turn now, O Lord; my woes redress;
Turn, and behold with aspect mild,
With strength indue, with safety bless
Your servant and your handmaid's child.

5. Some token of your favor show,
Some sign that all my foes may view,
And filled with blank confusion, know
My comfort and my help is you.

Text Information

• First Line: Your list'ning ear, O Lord, bend low
• Title: Psalm 86
• Paraphraser: Richard Mant (1824)
• Meter: 8.8.8.8
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2024
• Scripture:
  Psalm 86
• Topic: Ordinary Time: Week 7
• Notes: Verses 1–5, 16–17 paraphrased by Richard Mant, Anglican Bishop of Down and Connor, from The Book of Psalms (1824), alt.

Tune Information

• Name: WINDHAM
• Composer: Daniel Read (1785)
• Arranger: Lowell Mason (1832)
• Meter: 8.8.8.8
• Incipit: 13455 321
• Key: d minor or modal
• Notes: Tune WINDHAM by American composer Daniel Read, from The American Singing Book (1785), arr. by Lowell Mason, as in The Choir, or Union Collection of Church Music (1832), rev. for The Modern Psalmist (1839).