1 Unto the Lord God with my voice
I did send out my cry,
And with my strainèd voice unto
the Lord God prayèd I.
I did send out my cry,
And with my strainèd voice unto
the Lord God prayèd I.
2 My meditation in his sight
to pour I did not spare,
And in the presence of the Lord
my trouble did declare.
to pour I did not spare,
And in the presence of the Lord
my trouble did declare.
3 Although perplexèd was my soul,
my path was known to thee:
In way where I did walk, a snare
they slyly laid for me.
my path was known to thee:
In way where I did walk, a snare
they slyly laid for me.
4 I looked and viewed on my right hand,
but none there would me know:
All refuge failèd me, and for
my soul none care did show.
but none there would me know:
All refuge failèd me, and for
my soul none care did show.
5 Then crièd I to thee, and said,
O Lord, my hope thou art,
And in the land of the living
my portion and my part.
O Lord, my hope thou art,
And in the land of the living
my portion and my part.
6 Hear now my cry, for I am brought
full low, deliver me
From them that do me persecute,
for me too strong they be.
full low, deliver me
From them that do me persecute,
for me too strong they be.
7 That I may praise thy Name, my soul
from prison, Lord, bring out:
When thou art good to me, the just
shall compass me about.
from prison, Lord, bring out:
When thou art good to me, the just
shall compass me about.