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Hymn · Psalm 10

Prayer for the Oppressed

BOYLSTON · S.M. · words from The Psalter, 1912 · music Lowell Mason

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Prayer for the Oppressed all are hearts wilt up our op drew re Thy dis in who ble Thou lift pressed, nigh; pay; hand; tress? fend Lord, foes Thou, dost Lord, stand the hast Thou O Thou 2. Do 1. Why Their wrongs 5. De 4. Thou, 3. less prayer hold, rise; dost hum God, Lord, far, And With Their O O ther fa their be a a heard the dis their phan's op be ev art hum trou more hear or in times no er the ble blous tressed. cry. stay. land. press? so com Thou dost by hu wilt mit not Thou they al poor get why That Thou The For And Thee, poor, self strength and their to f'ring Thy When May And Thou The pow'r selves suf ceal man re them the con vive pride The Psalter, 1912 BOYLSTON S.M. Lowell Mason, 1832
Prayer for the Oppressed all are hearts wilt up our op drew re Thy dis in who ble Thou lift pressed, nigh; pay; hand; tress? fend Lord, foes Thou, dost Lord, stand the hast Thou O Thou 2. Do 1. Why Their wrongs 5. De 4. Thou, 3. less prayer hold, rise; dost hum God, Lord, far, And With Their O O ther fa their be a a heard the dis their phan's op be ev art hum trou more hear or in times no er the ble blous tressed. cry. stay. land. press? so com Thou dost by hu wilt mit not Thou they al poor get why That Thou The For And Thee, poor, self strength and their to f'ring Thy When May And Thou The pow'r selves suf ceal man re them the con vive pride The Psalter, 1912 BOYLSTON S.M. Lowell Mason, 1832

1.Why dost Thou stand afar,
O Lord, in our distress?
And why dost Thou conceal Thyself
When troublous times oppress?

2.Do Thou, O Lord, arise;
O God, lift up Thy hand;
Forget Thou not the suff'ring poor,
The humble in the land.

3.Their foes Thou dost behold,
Their wrongs Thou wilt repay;
The poor commit themselves to Thee,
Thou art the orphan's stay.

4.Thou, Lord, hast heard their prayer
With humble hearts drew nigh;
Thou also wilt revive their strength
And ever hear their cry.

5.Defend the fatherless
And all who are oppressed,
That they by human pride and pow'r
May be no more distressed.

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