Why Dost Thou Stand Afar, O Lord from Psalm 10 The Psalter, 1912

ST. MICHAEL (S.M.) Genevan Psalter 1543

Why dost Thou stand a-far,
   O Lord, in our dis-tress?
And why dost Thou con-ceal Thy-self
   When trou-blous times op-press?

Do Thou, O Lord, a-rise;
   O God, lift up Thy hand;
For-get not Thou the suf-fering poor,
   The hum-ble in the land.

Their foes Thou dost be-hold,
   Their wrongs Thou wilt re-pay;
The poor com-mit them-selves to Thee,
   Thou art the or-phans' stay.

Thou, Lord, hast heard their prayer
   When hum-ble hearts drew nigh;
Thou al-so wilt re-vive their strength
   And ev-er hear their cry.

De-fend the fa-ther-less,
   And all who are op-pressed,
That they by hu-man pride and power
   May be no more dis-tressed.