Psalter Hymnal (Red) ‎#133

133. Save Me, O God, Because the Floods

1 Save me, O God, because the floods
Come in upon my soul,
I sink in depths where none can stand,
Deep waters o'er me roll.

2 My constant calling wearies me,
My throat is parched and dried;
My eyes grow dim while for my God
Still waiting I abide.

3 The foes who hate me unprovoked
Are strong and still increase,
Though to disarm their enmity
My right I yield for peace.

4 O God, my folly and my sin
Thy holy eye can see;
Yet save from shame,Lord God of hosts,
Thy saints that wait on Thee.

5 Forbid, O God, our covenant God,
That those who seek Thy face
Should see Thy servant put to shame
And share in my disgrace.

6 It is for Thee I am reproached,
For Thee I suffer shame,
Until my brethren know me not,
And hated is my name.

7 It is my zeal for Thy abode
That has consumed my life;
Reproached by those reproaching Thee,
I suffer in the strife.

8 I wept, with fasting bowed my soul,
Yet that was made my shame;
When I in sackcloth clothed myself,
Their byword I became.

9 The men who sit within the gate
With slander do me wrong,
And they who linger at their cups
Make me their jest and song.

Text Information

• First Line: Save me, O God, because the floods
• Title: Save Me, O God, Because the Floods
• Meter: C. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1934
• Scripture:
  Psalm 69
• Topic: Cross of Christ; Falsehood; Persecution Of Believers; Sufferings of Christ; Waiting upon God; Zeal

Tune Information

• Name: SAWLEY
• Composer: James Walch (1860)
• Meter: C. M.
• Key: B♭ Major