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P102a. O Lord, unto my prayer give ear

1 O Lord, unto my prayer give ear,
my cry let come to thee;
2 and in the day of my distress
hide not thy face from me.
Give ear to me; what time I call,
to answer me make haste:
3 for, as an hearth, my bones are burnt,
my days, like smoke, do waste.

4 My heart within me smitten is,
like grass is withered;
because for very grief I do
forget to eat my bread.
5 By reason of my cries and groans
my bones cleave to my skin.
6 Like pelican in wilderness
forsaken I have been:

I like an owl 'mid ruins am,
that nightly there doth moan;
7 I watch, like sparrow that doth moan;
on the house-top alone.
8 My bitter enemies all the day
reproaches cast on me;
and, being mad at me, with rage
against me sworn they be.

9 For I did ashes eat as bread,
and, in my sorrow deep;
my drink I also mingled have
with tears that I did weep.
10 Thine indignation and thy wrath
did cause this grief and pain;
for thou hast lifted me on high,
and cast me down again.

11 My days are like unto a shade,
which doth dried and withered,
even like unto the grass.
12 But thou, O Lord, dost sit enthroned,
eternal is thy sway;
and thy remembrance shall endure
from age to age alway.

Text Information

• First Line: O Lord, unto my prayer give ear
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2004
• Scripture:
  Psalm 102:1-12

Tune Information

• Name: BURFORD
• Meter: CM
• Key: g minor
• Source: Thomas Chetham's A Book of Psalmody, 1718