Hymnal: Christian Psalms and Hymns
Date: 1839
Compiler: Walter Scott and Silas Leonard
Publisher/Printer: A S Tilden
First Line: Save me O God the swelling floods
Topic: <no topic given>
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
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Meter: CM
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Hymn Number: 61
Page Number: 037, click to see hymnal pages
Lyics"SAVE me, O God, the swelling floods
Break in upon my soul:
I sink and sorrows o'er my head,
Like mighty waters roll.
I cry till all my voice is gone,
In tears I waste the day:
My God, behold my longing eyes,
And shorten thy delay.
They hate my soul without a cause,
And still their number grows
More than the hairs around my head,
And mighty are my foes."
Thus in the great Messiah's name,
The royal prophet mourns:
Thus he awakes our hearts to grief,
Or gives us joy by turns.
Now shall his saints rejoice and find
Salvation in his name;
For he has borne their heavy load
Of sorrow, pain and shame.