I Love the Lord, for My Request

I love the Lord

for my re­quest

And hum­ble plea He makes His care;

In Him through life my faith shall rest

For He both hears and ans­wers pray­er.

Brought nigh to death and full of grief

The Lord’s sal­va­tion I be­sought;

He heard my cry

and sent re­lief

My soul from depths of woe He brought.

Most kind and right­eous is the Lord

Our God is mer­ci­ful in­deed;

Delighting ev­er to af­ford

His help to me in time of need.

Return un­to thy rest

my soul

The Lord has rich­ly dealt with thee

Delivered thee from death’s con­trol

From sin and sor­row set thee free.

Since He has freed mine eyes from tears

And kept my feet from ev­il ways

Redeemed from life’s dis­tress­ing fears

With Him I walk

and Him I praise.

In my af­flict­ion and my pain

When fears alarmed and hopes de­ceived

I found all hu­man help­ers vain

But in the Lord my soul be­lieved.