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Hymn · Psalm 10

Prayer for the Oppressed

SELLINGE · S.M. · words from The Psalter, 1912 · music John Pyke Hullah

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Prayer for the Oppressed are hearts wilt up our tress? op drew re Thy dis all hum wrongs God, Lord, in who ble Thou lift pay; pressed, nigh; hand; fend Lord, foes Thou, dost the hast Thou O Thou 1. Why Do 5. De 4. Thou, 3. Their 2. less prayer hold, rise; far, Their And With O O stand a a be Lord, dost heard fa their ther more hear or in times dis their phan's the op be ev art hum trou no er the ble blous tressed. cry. stay. land. press? by so com Thou dost man re them the con hu wilt mit not Thou they al poor get why That Thou The For And May And Thou The When pow'r strength Thee, poor, self their pride vive selves suf ceal and to f'ring Thy The Psalter, 1912 SELLINGE S.M. John Pyke Hullah, 1904
Prayer for the Oppressed are hearts wilt up our tress? op drew re Thy dis all hum wrongs God, Lord, in who ble Thou lift pay; pressed, nigh; hand; fend Lord, foes Thou, dost the hast Thou O Thou 1. Why Do 5. De 4. Thou, 3. Their 2. less prayer hold, rise; far, Their And With O O stand a a be Lord, dost heard fa their ther more hear or in times dis their phan's the op be ev art hum trou no er the ble blous tressed. cry. stay. land. press? by so com Thou dost man re them the con hu wilt mit not Thou they al poor get why That Thou The For And May And Thou The When pow'r strength Thee, poor, self their pride vive selves suf ceal and to f'ring Thy The Psalter, 1912 SELLINGE S.M. John Pyke Hullah, 1904

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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