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Hymn · Psalm 10

Prayer for the Oppressed

ST. THOMAS · S.M. · words from The Psalter, 1912 · music Aaron Williams

Setting: Open Hymnal · Open Hymnal (oh44-c-natural)

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Prayer for the Oppressed are our up wilt hearts op drew re Thy dis all hum wrongs God, Lord, who ble Thou lift in pressed, nigh; pay; hand; tress? Thou O Thou hast fend Lord, foes Thou, stand fa heard dost Lord, dost the 3. Their 2. Do 1. Why Thou, 5. De 4. less prayer And With Their O O ther hold, a a be their far, rise; dis phan's the op more hear or in times their be ev art hum trou May And Thou The When no er the ble blous tressed. cry. stay. land. press? by so com Thou dost hu the con wilt mit not Thou they al poor get why That Thou The For And to and their f'ring Thy them strength pow'r Thee, poor, self pride vive selves suf ceal man re The Psalter, 1912 ST. THOMAS S.M. Aaron Williams, 1762

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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