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Psalm 13

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 64 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 13 First Line: How long wilt thou conceal thy face? Lyrics: How long wilt thou conceal thy face? My God, how long delay? When shall I feel those heav'nly rays That chase my fears away? How long shall my poor lab'ring soul Wrestle and toil in vain? Thy word can all my foes control, And ease my raging pain. See how the prince of darkness tries All his malicious arts He spreads a mist around my eyes, And throws his fiery darts. Be thou my sun, and thou my shield, My soul in safety keep; Make haste, before mine eyes are sealed In death's eternal sleep. How would the tempter boast aloud If I become his prey! Behold, the sons of hell grow proud At thy so long delay. But they shall fly at thy rebuke, And Satan hide his head; He knows the terrors of thy look, And hears thy voice with dread. Thou wilt display that sovereign grace, Where all my hopes have hung; I shall employ my lips in praise, And victory shall be sung. Topics: Deliverance from temptation; Satan subdued; Afflictions hope in them; Complaint desertion; Complaint of temptation; Desertion and distress of soul; Hope in darkness; Love to our neighbor; Temptations of the devil

Psalm 13: How long wilt thou forget me, Lord?

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 22 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 13 First Line: How long wilt thou forget me, Lord? Lyrics: 1How long wilt thou forget me, Lord? shall it for ever be? O how long shall it be that thou wilt hide thy face from me? 2How long take counsel in my soul, still sad in heart, shall I? How long exalted over me shall be mine enemy? 3O Lord my God, consider well, and answer to me make: Mine eyes enlighten, lest the sleep of death me overtake: 4Lest that mine enemy should say, Against him I prevail’d; And those that trouble me rejoice, when I am mov’d and fail’d. 5But I have all my confidence thy mercy set upon; My heart within me shall rejoice in thy salvation. 6I will unto the Lord my God sing praises cheerfully, Because he hath his bounty shown to me abundantly.

How Long, O Lord

Appears in 14 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 13 First Line: How long, O Lord, will you forget Lyrics: 1 How long, O Lord, will you forget an answer to my prayer? No tokens of your love I see, your face is turned away from me; I wrestle with despair. 2 How long, O Lord, will you forsake and leave me in this way? When will you come to my relief? My heart is overwhelmed with grief, by evil night and day. 3 How long, O Lord, but you forgive with mercy from above. I find that all your ways are just, I learn to praise you and to trust in your unfailing love! Topics: Gathering Songs of Confession and Lament; Gathering Songs Songs of Confession and Lament Used With Tune: [How long, O Lord, will you forget]

Psalm 13

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 64 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 13 First Line: How long, O Lord, shall I complain Lyrics: How long, O Lord, shall I complain, Like one that seeks his God in vain? Canst thou thy face for ever hide, And I still pray, and be denied? Shall I for ever be forgot, As one whom thou regardest not Still shall my soul thine absence mourn, And still despair of thy return? How long shall my poor troubled breast Be with these anxious thoughts oppressed? And Satan, my malicious foe, Rejoice to see me sunk so low? Hear, Lord, and grant me quick relief, Before my death conclude my grief: If thou withhold thy heav'nly light, I sleep in everlasting night. How will the powers of darkness boast, If but one praying soul be lost! But I have trusted in thy grace, And shall again behold thy face. Whate'er my fears or foes suggest, Thou art my hope, my joy, my rest; My heart shall feel thy love, and raise My cheerful voice to songs of praise. Topics: Deliverance from temptation; Satan subdued; Afflictions hope in them; Complaint desertion; Complaint of temptation; Desertion and distress of soul; Hope in darkness; Love to our neighbor; Temptations of the devil

How Long Wilt Thou Forget Me

Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 10 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 13 Lyrics: 1 How long wilt thou forget me, O Lord, thou God of grace? How long shall fears beset me, while darkness hides thy face? How long shall griefs distress me and turn my day to night? How long shall foes oppress me and triumph in their might? 2 O Lord my God, behold me, and hear my earnest cries; lest sleep of death enfold me, enlighten thou mine eyes; lest now my foe insulting should boast of his success, and enemies exulting rejoice in my distress. 3 But I with expectation have on thy grace relied; my heart in thy salvation shall still with joy confide; and I with voice of singing will praise the Lord above, who, richest bounties bringing, has dealt with me in love. Topics: Adversaries Used With Tune: ANGEL'S STORY Text Sources: The Psalter, 1912

How long wilt thou forget me, Lord?

Appears in 26 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 13 Lyrics: 1 How long wilt thou forget me, Lord? must I forever mourn? How long wilt thou withdraw from me, Oh, never to return? 2 How long shall anxious Thoughts my Soul, and Grief my Heart oppress? How long my Enemies insult, and I have no Redress? 3 O, hear! and to my longing Eyes restore thy wonted Light; And suddenly, or I shall sleep in everlasting Night. 4 Restore me, lest they proudly boast 'twas their own Strength o'ercame; Permit not them that vex my soul, to triumph in my shame. 5 Since I have always plac'd my Trust beneath thy mercy's Wing, Thy saving health will come, and then my Heart with Joy shall spring; 6 Then shall my song, with praise inspir'd, to thee, my God, ascend, Who, to thy Servant in Distress, such Bounty didst extend.

How Long Will You Forget Me Lord

Author: Christopher M. Idle Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 6 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 13 First Line: [How Long Will You Forget Me Lord] Text Sources: Light Upon the River (Hope Publishing Company,, 1998)

Lift Every Voice and Sing

Author: James Weldon Johnson, 1871-1938 Meter: Irregular Appears in 48 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 13:6 Lyrics: 1 Lift every voice and sing till earth and heaven ring, ring with the harmonies of liberty; let our rejoicing rise, high as the listening skies, let it resound loud as the rolling sea. Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us, sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us; facing the rising sun of our new day begun, let us march on till victory is won. 2 Stony the road we trod, bitter the chastening rod, felt in the days when hope unborn had died; yet with a steady beat, have not our weary feet come to the place for which our people sighed? We have come over a way that with tears has been watered, we have come, treading our path through the blood of the slaughtered, out from the gloomy past, till now we stand at last where the white gleam of our bright star is cast. 3 God of our weary years, God of our silent tears, thou who hast brought us thus far on the way; thou who hast, by thy might, led us into the light, keep us forever in the path, we pray. Lest our feet stray from the places, our God, where we met thee, lest, our hearts drunk with the wine of the world, we forget thee; shadowed beneath thy hand, may we forever stand, true to our God, true to our native land. Used With Tune: LIFT EVERY VOICE

The Day Is Past and Over

Author: John M. Neale; Unknown Meter: 7.6.7.6.8.8 Appears in 303 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 13:3 Lyrics: 1 The day is past and over; All thanks, O Lord, to Thee! I pray Thee now that sinless The hours of dark may be. O Jesus, keep us in Thy sight And save me thro' the coming night. 2 The joys of day are over; We lift our hearts to Thee And ask Thee that offenseless The hours of dark may be. O Jesus, keep me in Thy sight And guard me thro' the coming night. 3 The toils of day are over; I raise the hymn to Thee And ask that free from peril The hours of dark may be. O Jesus, make their darkness light And guard me thro' the coming night. 4 Lord, that in death I sleep not, And lest my Foe should say, "I have prevailed against him," Lighten mine eyes, I pray. O Jesus, keep me in Thy sight, And guard me through the coming night. 5 Be Thou our soul's Preserver, O God, for Thou dost know How many are the perils Through which we have to go; Lover of men, oh, hear my call And guard and save me from them all! Amen. Topics: Times and Seasons Evening Used With Tune: ST. ANATOLIUS

I Will Sing the Wondrous Story

Author: Francis H. Rowley Appears in 286 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 13:6 Refrain First Line: Yes, I'll sing the wondrous story Lyrics: 1 I will sing the wondrous story Of the Christ who died for me, How He left His home in glory For the cross of Calvary. Chorus: Yes, I’ll sing the wondrous story Of the Christ who died for me, Sing it with the saints in glory, Gathered by the crystal sea. 2 I was lost but Jesus found me, Found the sheep that went astray, Threw His loving arms around me, Drew me back into His way. (Chorus) 3 I was bruised but Jesus healed me; Faint was I from many a fall, Sight was gone, and fears possessed me, But He freed me from them all. (Chorus) 4 Days of darkness still come o’er me, Sorrow’s path I often tread, But His presence still is with me; By His hand I’m safely led. (Chorus) 5 He will keep me till the river Rolls its waters at my feet; Then He’ll bear me safely over, Where the loved ones I shall meet. (Chorus) Topics: Christ Sacrifice; Praise of Christ; Christ Sacrifice; Praise of Christ Used With Tune: [I will sing the wondrous story]