To God My Earnest Voice I Raise from Psalm 142 The Psalter, 1912

ROCKINGHAM OLD (L.M.) Edward Miller (1731-1807)

To God my ear-nest voice I raise,
   To God my voice im-plor-ing prays;
Be-fore His face my grief I show
   And tell my trou-ble and my woe.

When gloom and sor-row com-pass me,
   The path I take is known to Thee,
And all the toils that foes do lay
   To snare thy ser-vant in his way.

O Lord, my Sav-ior, now to Thee,
   With-out a hope be-sides, I flee,
To Thee, my shel-ter from the strife,
   My por-tion in the land of life.

Be Thou my help when trou-bles throng,
   For I am weak and foes are strong;
My cap-tive soul from pris-on bring,
   And thank-ful prai-ses I will sing.