The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook ‎#P57b

P57b. Thy mercy, Lord to me extend

1 Thy mercy, Lord, to me extend:
on thy protection I depend,
and to thy wings for shelter haste,
until this storm be overpast.
2 To him I will in trouble cry,
the sovereign Judge and God most high,
who wonders hath for me begun,
and will not leave his work undone.

3 For he from heaven shall quell the power
of him who would my life devour;
forth shall his truth and mercy send,
and my distracted soul defend.
4 For I with cruel men converse,
like hungry lions wild and fierce;
with men whose teeth are spears, their words
envenomed darts and two-edged swords.

5 Be thou, O God, exalted high:
and, as thy glory fills the sky,
so be it o'er the earth displayed,
and thou, as there, be here obeyed!
6 To take me they their net prepared;
my sinking soul almost despaired;
but they are fallen, by thy decree,
into the pit they dug for me.

7 O God, my heart is fixed, 'tis bent,
its thankful tribute to present,
and with my heart my voice I'll raise
to thee, my God, in songs of praise.
8 Awake, my glory, harp and lute,
no longer let your strings be mute;
and I, my tuneful part to take,
will with the early dawn awake.

9 Thy praises, Lord, I will resound
to all the listening nations round;
thy mercy highest heaven transcends,
thy truth beyond the clouds extends.
10 Be thou, O God, exalted high!
And, as thy glory fills the sky,
so be it o'er the earth displayed,
and thou, as there, be here obeyed.

Text Information

• First Line: Thy mercy, Lord to me extend
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2004
• Scripture:
  Psalm 57

Tune Information

• Name: MELCOMBE
• Composer: Samuel Webbe, the elder, 1740-1816
• Harmonizer: David Evans, 1874-1948
• Meter: LM
• Key: E♭ Major
• Source: An Essay on the Church Plain-chant, 1782