Tune: Finlandia
(\'We rest on thee, our shield and our defender\')
Psalm 74 v.19-23
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O LORD, to you, I be as turtle dove
Come to me, save my life now, in your love
Deliver me not to the multitude
Of the wicked, for they have not you viewed
Forget not the poor, but have respect to
Your covenant, and come help us anew
For the dark places of the earth, they be
Full of cruelty and of violence, see
O let not the oppressed return ashamed
Let poor and needy praise, you they have named
Arise, O God, and your own cause do plead
Look upon us, and see our desperate need
Remember, LORD, how the foolish reproach
Your name daily, revilings, taunts they broach
Forget not voice of your enemies, they
Rise up against you, continual each day
Hear us and act, e\'en for your own name\'s sake
Guard us, guide us, under your wings us take