Hymn · Psalm 25
The Friendship of the Lord
ST. MICHAEL · S.M. · words from The Psalter, 1912 · music William Crotch
auto-underlaid These words and this tune share a meter but have no hand-edited setting; the underlay was fitted automatically (syllable-for-note, validated). The opening stress differs from the tune's — usually fine; trust your ear.
1.The man that fears the Lord
God's way shall understand;
His soul shall ever dwell at ease,
His children rule the land.
2.The friendship of the Lord
Is ever with His own,
And unto those that fear His Name
His faithfulness is shown.
3.My eyes are evermore
Tow'rd Thee, O Lord, Whose care
Shall surely save my heedless feet
From ev'ry hidden snare.
4.O turn to me Thy face,
To me Thy mercy show,
For I am very desolate
And brought exceeding low.
Try these words on another tune
- BOYLSTON — Lowell Mason
- AYLESBURY — Chetham's Psalmody, 1718
- SELLINGE — John Pyke Hullah
- SOUTHWELL — Daman's Psalter, 1579
- ST. THOMAS — Aaron Williams
Other words for this tune
- Stand Up and Bless the Lord — James Montgomery
- A Charge to Keep I Have — Charles Wesley
- A Mourner's Entreaties — The Psalter, 1912
- Blest Be The Tie That Binds — John Fawcett
- Breathe on Me, Breath of God — Edwin Hatch
- Exultent Confidence — The Psalter, 1912
- Forgiveness and Deliverance — The Psalter, 1912
- Forgiving Mercy Besought — The Psalter, 1912
- Integrity of Character — The Psalter, 1912
- Lord Jesus Think On Me — Synesius of Cyrene
- Lord, Bless and Pity Us — Scottish Psalter, 1650
- My Heart Inditing Is (Second Version) — Scottish Psalter, 1650
- Not All the Blood of Beasts — Isaac Watts
- Prayer for Defense and Guidance — The Psalter, 1912
- Prayer for the Oppressed — The Psalter, 1912
- Psalm 50:7-15 — Scottish Psalter, 1650; rev. #doreancon, 2026
- The Advent of Our God — Charles Coffin
- The Church the Bride of Christ — The Psalter, 1912
- The Folly of Unbelief — The Psalter, 1912
- The Godly Man — The Psalter, 1912
- The Sins of Youth — The Psalter, 1912
- We Give Thee But Thine Own — William Walsham How
- We Know Thee Who Thou Art — William Bright
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