Text:In thee, O Lord, I place my Trust

126. In thee, O Lord, I place my Trust

1. In Thee, O Lord, I place my Trust,
Me never put to Shame.
2. Hear, save, and cause me to escape,
For righteous is thy Name.
3. Be thou my dwelling Place most strong,
Where I may still resort;
Thy promised Safety, Lord, I plead,
Thou art my Rock, and Fort.

4. Save me, O God, from wicked Hands,
The cruel, and unjust.
5. For thou, Lord, God, haft been my Hope,
And, from my Youth, my Trust.
6. By Thee, I've always been sustain'd,
From my most early Days;
Thou took'st me from my Mother's Womb;
I'll ever sing thy Praise.

7. To many, I'm a Wonder grown;
But on thy Strength I stay.
8. Let, with thy Praise, my Mouth be fill'd,
And Honour all the Day.

Second Part

9. Cast me not off, now, in the Time,
Old Age doth me assail;
O do not thou forsake me, Lord,
When Strength, and Vigour, fail.
10. For my malicious Enemies
Against me falsly speak;
And they, who for my Life lay wait,
Together Counsel take.

11. "Now God, (say they,) has him forsook,
"Pursue, and on him seize;
"There's none to save him from our Pow'r
"He'll fall our Prey with Ease.
12. But thou, O God, be not far off
From me, oppress'd with Grief;
O thou, my God, with timely Speed,
Appear for my Relief.

13. Confound, and bring to Nought, my Foes,
Who, for my Life, combine;
Reproach, and Infamy, be heap'd,
On those my Hurt design.
14. My stedfast Hope shall still remain,
On Thee, fix'd all my Days;
To spread thy Glory, more and more,
I'll add new Songs of Praise.

15. Thy Truth, and thy Salvation, Lord,
My Mouth shall daily show;
Whose growing Numbers far surmount
The utmost I can know.
16. Depending on thy Strength, O God,
I'll chearfully go on;
Thy Righteousness I'll celebrate,
I'll mention thine alone.

Third Part

17. Thou, O my God, hast from my Youth,
Unto this Day, me taught;
And I have openly declar'd,
The Wonders thou hast wrought.
18. And now, O God, forsake me not,
When old, and gray, I'm grown;
Till this, and to the future Age,
Thy Strength, and Pow'r, I've shown.

19. Thy Justice, Lord, in Height transcends
All that we can declare.
Who mighty Works hast done; O God,
Who may with Thee compare;
20. Thou, Troubles great, and fore, hast made
Me, by Experience, know;
Yet shalt thou me revive, and bring
Up from the Depth of Woe.

21. Thou shalt my Greatness far increase;
And to me Comfort bring.
22. Thy Truth, O Jacob's God, on Harp,
And Psaltery, I'll sing.
23. Then shall my Lips, with Joy, abound,
While I chant forth thy Praise;
My grateful Soul, by Thee, redeem'd,
Shall joyn thy Fame to raise.

24. My chearful Tongue, thy Righteousness,
Shall ev'ry Day proclaim;
For they're disgrac'd, that sought my Hurt,
And brought to endless Shame.

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First Line: In thee, O Lord, I place my Trust
Language: English
Publication Date: 1752
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