Psalter Hymnal (Red) ‎#243

243. I Love the Lord, for My Request

1 I love the Lord, for my request
And humble plea He makes His care;
In Him through life my faith shall rest,
for He both hears and answers prayer.

2 Brought nigh to death and full of grief,
The Lord's salvation I besought;
He heard my cry, He sent relief,
My soul from depths of woe He brought.

3 Most kind and righteous is the Lord,
Our God is merciful indeed,
Delighting ever to afford
His help to me in time of need.

4 Return unto thy rest, my soul,
The Lord has richly dealt with thee,
Delivered thee from death's control,
From sin and sorrow set thee free.

5 Since He has freed my eyes from tears
And kept my feet from evil ways,
Redeemed from life's distressing fears,
With Him I walk, and Him I praise.

6 In my affliction and my pain,
When fears alarmed and hopes deceived,
I found all human helpers vain,
But in the Lord my soul believed.

Text Information

• First Line: I love the Lord, for my request
• Title: I Love the Lord, for My Request
• Meter: L. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1934
• Scripture:
  Psalm 116
• Topic: Prayer in Afflictions; Communion Service; Death; Deliverance from Death; Grace of God; God the Hearer of Prayer; Love for God; Post-Communion; Prayer

Tune Information

• Name: CANONBURY
• Composer: Robert Schumann (arr.)
• Meter: L. M.
• Key: A♭ Major
• Source: Arranged from Robert A. Schumann's Nachtstücke, No. 4, 1839