Text:I Cried to God in My Distress
Tune:ROCKINGHAM NEW
Composer:Lowell Mason

272. I Cried to God in My Distress

1 I cried to God in my distress,
And by the Lord my prayer was heard;
O save me, Lord, from lying lips
And from the false, deceitful word.

2 What woe for falsehood can atone,
Or punish the deceitful tongue,
The tongue whose speech consumes like fire,
Whose words like deadly shafts are flung?

3 Alas for me, whose lot is cast
With those who find their joy in strife!
With those who hate the paths of peace
I long have dwelt and spent my life.

4 In thought and act I am for peace,
Peace I pursue and ever seek;
But those about me are for strife,
Though I in love and kindness speak.

Text Information
First Line: I cried to God in my distress
Title: I Cried to God in My Distress
Meter: L. M.
Publication Date: 1934
Scripture:
Topic: Evil Character; Good Character; Falsehood (3 more...)
Tune Information
Name: ROCKINGHAM NEW
Composer: Lowell Mason (1830)
Meter: L. M.
Key: G Major or modal



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