The Psalter ‎#117

117. Our Support Amidst Distress

1 As pants the hart for streams of living water,
So longs my soul, O living God, for Thee;
I thirst for Thee, for Thee my heart is yearning;
When shall I come Thy gracious face to see?

2 O Lord my God, o'erwhelmed in deep affliction,
Far from Thy rest, to Thee I lift my soul;
Deep calls to deep and storms of trouble thunder,
While o'er my head the waves and billows roll.

3 Thou wilt command Thy servant's consolation,
Thy loving-kindness yet shall cheer my day,
And in the night Thy song shall be my comfort;
God of my life, to Thee I still will pray.

4 Why, O my soul, art thou cast down within me,
Why art thou troubled and oppressed with grief?
Hope thou in God, the God of thy salvation,
Hope, and thy God will surely send relief.

Text Information

• First Line: As pants the hart for streams of living water
• Title: Our Support Amidst Distress
• Meter: 11s and 10s
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1912
• Scripture:
  Psalm 42
• Topic: Afflictions: Many and Severe; Afflictions: Refuge in; Aspirations: For Christ; Aspirations: For Church Priveleges; Assurance: Declared; Christians: Believers; Christians: Christ the Life of; Christians: Conscious of Safety; Christians: Fellowship of; Comfort in Trials; Despondency; Faith: Confidence of; Grace: Sustaining; Hope; House of God: Longed for and Loved; Nature: An Emblem of Grace; Water of Life

Tune Information

• Name: RAYNOLDS
• Composer: Mendelssohn (alt.)
• Meter: 11s and 10s
• Key: E♭ Major