Deliverance Desirings

orchidee



Tune: Lyons

('Ye servants of God, your Master proclaim')

Psalm 144 part

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1. Blesséd be the LORD, my strength for the fight

The fight spiritual, in Him I see light

He my goodness, and my fortress He is sure

My high tower, my deliverer evermore

 

2. He my shield is too, He in whom I trust

He helps me, me aids, e'en though I am dust

LORD, what is man, that you knowledge of Him take

And make account of Him for your great name's sake

 

3. Man is like vanity, his days short, small

Like shadow that passes away, fades all

Bow the heavens, O LORD, come down from above

Come, help, defend us, with your power and love

 

4. I will sing to the LORD on psaltery

And an instrument of ten strings, so be

With such I will sing praises to my LORD here

He gives us salvation, worship, He is near

 

5. Rid me, deliver me, from enemy

Their mouth vanity, their hand falsehood, see

And so our sons the shall be as plants up grown

And daughters as polished corner stones be shown

 

6. And too we pray bless our garners, our store

That they may be full, you our hearts assure

And that our sheep may bring forth ten thousands worth

Oxen strong too in labour, brought safe to birth

 

7. No complaining then, not there in our streets 

For happy are we, God He our needs meets

Yes, happy the people whose is such a case

Of God as their LORD, His providings they trace

 

 

 

  • Author: orchidee (Offline Offline)
  • Published: August 8th, 2017 08:28
  • Comment from author about the poem: A hymn-poem in 10.10.11.11. metre. How many can you name in the clip?!
  • Category: Spiritual
  • Views: 24
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Comments8

  • orchidee

    Oh I dunno, what else rhymes with 'must' or 'trust'? There's another 'dust-y' verse for you!

  • Goldfinch60

    Good write and a fine Methodist tune by Wesley.

    • orchidee

      Heehee thanks Goldie. Some of Wesley's tunes are tricky to set words to. Well, he didn't write the tunes as well, did he, but you know what I mean! I really like the 'liltings' and 'repeat lines' in many of his hymns, though it can throw the congregation off-beam. I'm sure we could earn the tunes soon enough. Nothing worse than 'rounds' though, if they fall flat like a lead balloon. It 'murders' the songs, doing that! It's a disgrace too, I think, as it's all hotch-potch then, and sounds trashy. Not that we have to be 'perfect', and all eloquent though.

    • Fay Slimm.

      Fine spiritual write my friend.

      • orchidee

        Thanks Fay.

        • orchidee

          Thanks Fay. I've been a bit boring with the title, as I've two or three with the same title already, it appears!

        • malubotelho

          Yes Orch, God is our savior. In the silence of the night we claim for God. In our labor hours we fight for God. Beautiful writing.

          • orchidee

            Thanks Mal.

          • Edward Charles McDevitt

            Nicely done! You truly are a man of God, aren't you? I've noticed. I have an answer for the question.. Bust, Encrust, just, etc. etc. (lol)

            • orchidee

              Thanks Edward. Ahh, 'just' is a Biblical word. Dunno about 'bust'! heehee. Not that we have to kick ourselves around the floor as if we're an old football or something, but we are 'dust' or 'worms' in places in the Bible, it appears!

            • orchidee

              You got 10,000 sheep, and oxen too?! If so, where ya keep them all?! Well, they had them in those agricultural communities.

            • Michael Edwards

              blust, brust, bused, bussed, bust, crust, cussed, dust, fussed, fust, gust, hust, just, juste, knust, krust, kruste, lust, mussed, mustnt, prust, rust, schussed, sussed, thrust, trussed, trust, yust ________________Just showing off - I looked it up. Another fine write O

              • orchidee

                Oohh thanks M. I shall have to use all of those! lol

              • Tony36

                Well written and expressed

                • orchidee

                  Thanks T.



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