Wait On the Lord

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O Lord, give ear when with my voice, I cry aloud to Thee

Tune: GOD WILL NOT FORSAKE
Published in 11 hymnals

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1 O Lord, give ear when with my voice
I cry aloud to Thee;
Have mercy also, I entreat,
Give answer unto me.

2 When Thou didst say, Seek ye My face,
My answering heart replied,
Thy face, Jehovah, will I seek
Above all else beside.

3 Hide not Thy face, nor in Thy wrath
Thy servant put away;
Thou hast a helper been to me
In every troublous day.

4 O God, my Savior, leave me not;
Though parents should forsake,
The Lord, within His arms of love,
His child will surely take.

The Psalter: with responsive readings, 1912

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First Line:	O Lord, give ear when with my voice, I cry aloud to Thee
Title:	Wait On the Lord
Meter:	8.6.8.6
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	O God, my Savior, leave me not
Copyright:	Public Domain

Psalm 27
(hymns)

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GOD WILL NOT FORSAKE

NAOMI (Nägeli)

NAOMI was a melody that Lowell Mason (PHH 96) brought to the United States from Europe and arranged as a hymn tune; the arrangement was first published in the periodical Occasional Psalm and Hymn Tunes (1836). Some scholars have attributed the original melody to Johann G. Nageli (PHH 315), but there…

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