orchidee

Mercy In Mourning

Tune: Laos Deo

(\'Bright the vision that delighted\')

Psalm 30 v. 5, 8-12

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I called unto you, O Lord, made

My requests to you, them laid

Before you, said, Save me, hear me

Have mercy, my helper be

 

You did hear, answer, and me save

Turned my mourning, and you gave

me dancing, clothed me with gladness

Gone now sackcloth*, I confess

(*worn as a symbol of mourning)

 

\'Tis so that my tongue shall praise you

In you I my strength renew

I shall not be silent, but sing

Thanks for ever to you bring

 

His anger it endures but for

A short while and then for sure

In His favour is life, weeping

A night, but joy in morning