The Psalter ‎#148

148. Earnest Appeal Against Enemies

1 Jehovah, to my prayer give ear,
Nor hide Thee from my cry;
Attend my sad complaint, and hear
My restless moan and sigh.

2 My enemies lift up their voice,
The violent oppress;
To do me wrong my foes rejoice,
And love my soul's distress.

3 Sore pained in heart I find no ease,
Death's terrors fill my soul,
Great fear and trembling on me seize,
And horrors o'er me roll.

4 O had I wings, sigh and say,
Like some swift dove to roam,
Then would I hasten far away
And find a peaceful home.

5 Lo, wand'ring far my rest should be
In some lone desert waste;
I from the stormy wind would flee,
And to a shelter haste.

6 O Lord, their malice recompense,
Their wicked tongues confound,
For in the city violence
And bitter strife abound.

7 They walk her walls both night and day,
Within all vices meet;
Oppression, fraud, and crime hold sway,
Nor leave the crowded street.

8 No foreign foe provokes alarm,
But enemies within;
May God destroy their power to harm
And recompense their sin.

Text Information

• First Line: Jehovah, to my prayer give ear
• Title: Earnest Appeal Against Enemies
• Meter: C. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1912
• Scripture:
  Psalm 55
• Topic: Afflictions: Prayer in; Aspirations: For Peace and Rest; Character: Vicious; Christians: Persecuted and Sorrowing; Faith: Confession of; God: Hearer of Prayer; The Righteous: Contrasted with the Wicked; The Wicked: Condemnation of; The Wicked: Fate of; The Wicked: Persecuting Spirit of; The Wicked: Prayers for Punishment of

Tune Information

• Name: GIVE
• Composer: Joseph Grigg
• Meter: C. M.
• Key: G Major