In Thee, O Lord, I Put My Trust (31)

In Thee

O Lord

I put my trust

I call up­on Thy name;

O save me in Thy right­eous­ness

Nor let me suf­fer shame.

Bow down Thine ear to my re­quest

And swift de­liv­er­ance send;

Be Thou to me a rock of strength

A fort­ress to defend.

Since Thou my rock and fort­ress art

My lead­er be

and guide;

From all temp­ta­tion res­cue me

Thou dost my strength ab­ide.

To Thee my spir­it I com­mend;

Redemption is with Thee

O Thou Je­ho­vah

God of truth

Who hast de­liv­ered me.

I hate all those that love the false

My trust is in the Lord;

I will be glad

and joy­ful­ly

Thy me­rcy will re­cord.

For my af­flict­ion Thou hast seen

And known my ma­ny woes;

Thou hast not let me be en­slaved

But freed me from my foes.

Show mer­cy

Lord

to me dis­tressed

And send my soul re­lief;

My life is spent with bit­ter­ness

My strength con­sumed with grief.

My life has ag­èd grown with woe

With sighs my years de­cay;

Mine eye is worn for ve­ry grief:

I pine and waste away.

My foes have made me a re­proach

My state my neig­hbors see;

My friends

ap­palled at mine ap­proach

Turn them about and flee.

For I have heard de­fam­ing tongues

And marked the ter­ror rife

When all in league de­li­ber­ate

To take away my life.

But

Lord

in Thee is all my trust

Thou art my God

I cried;

My life

my times are in Thy hand

I in Thy strength ab­ide.