Tune: Heinlein
('40 days and 40 nights')
Psalm 38 parts
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I am troubled, bowed down here
Lord, come and to me appear
I go mourning all day long
Dried up now, and gone my song
Forsake me not, O Lord, save
Me, all I have you me gave
O my God, be not from me
Far, but my poor state do see
I am plagued with sickness, ill
Heal me by your grace, good will
I am weak, and feeble, frail
Yet your help to me avails
If sin be the cause, forgive
So in your sight I shall live
Strengthened body, spirit, soul
Come to me and make me whole
Though darkness seems to o'erpower
Your light is with me each hour
Restore, heal, and set me free
That I may more Christ-like be
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Author:
orchidee (
Offline) - Published: May 24th, 2023 02:17
- Comment from author about the poem: A hymn-poem in 7.7.7.7. There is a 'Troubled Times (1)' somewhere here on MPS.
- Category: Spiritual
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Comments4
a hymn poem for particularly troubled times #2
Thanks Neville. Thankfully, I'm not ill, plagued, etc at present. Hope your good self isn't either.
Maybe I was plagued at Troubled Times #1, by a certain person (you have heard of her in me comments)?
God likes a trier! I can't help but think of Life of Brian "Lord I am plagued by a bald patch...."
Oh lol. Thanks SC. There's parts of that film I don't like.
Then I shall cease all quotes!
Words to give comfort in troubled times. I think your words give more comfort than many prayers. Good write.
Thanks SB. The Psalms and other verses I base poems on, can be taken as prayers sometimes, I feel.
Good One Orchi.
Thanks Gold.
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