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Lord Jesus, think on me
Author: Synesius of Cyrene (c. 365-414); Allen William Chatfield, 1808-1896 Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 129 hymnals Topics: Despair and Trouble Lyrics: 1 Lord Jesus, think of me
and take away my fear;
in my depression, may I be
assured that you are near.
2 Lord Jesus, think of me,
by many cares oppressed;
in times of great anxiety
give me your promised rest.
3 Lord Jesus, think of me,
when darker grows the day;
and in my sad perplexity
show me the heavenly way.
4 Lord Jesus, think of me,
when night's dark shadows spread;
restore my lost serenity,
and show me light ahead.
5 Lord Jesus, think of me,
that when the night is past
I may the glorious morning see
and share your joy at last! Scripture: John 14:6 Used With Tune: SOUTHWELL Text Sources: Jubilate Hymns, Adapter
Lord Jesus, think on me
As pants the hart for cooling streams
Author: Nicholas Brady (1659-1726); Nahum Tate (1652-1715) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 321 hymnals Topics: Despair and Trouble Lyrics: 1 As pants the hart for cooling streams
in parched and barren ways,
so longs my soul for you, O God,
and your refreshing grace.
2 For you, my God, the living God,
my thirsting soul will pine:
oh, when shall I behold your face,
your majesty divine?
3 God of my strength, my tears have been
by day and night my food;
the mockers taunt continually,
and say: 'Where is your God?'
4 Why restless, why cast down, my soul?
Hope still, and you shall sing
the praise of him who is your God,
your health's eternal spring. Scripture: Psalm 42:1-5 Used With Tune: MARTYRDOM (FENWICK)
As pants the hart for cooling streams
No storm can shake my inmost calm
Author: Robert Lowry (1822-1899); Doris Plenn Meter: 8.7.8.7 with refrain Appears in 144 hymnals Topics: Despair and Trouble First Line: My life flows on in endless song Lyrics: 1 My life flows on in endless song
above earth’s lamentation:
I catch the sweet, though far off, hymn
that hails a new creation.
[Refrain:]
No storm can shake my inmost calm
while to that Rock I'm clinging.
Since love is Lord of heaven and earth,
how can I keep from singing?
2 Through all the tumult and the strife,
I hear that music ringing.
It finds an echo in my soul --
how can I keep from singing? [Refrain]
3 What though my joys and comforts die?
The Lord, my Saviour, liveth.
What though the darkness round me close?
Songs in the night he giveth. [Refrain]
4 The peace of Christ makes fresh my heart,
a fountain ever springing.
All things are mine since I am his!
How can I keep from singing? [Refrain] Scripture: 1 Corinthians 3:21-23 Used With Tune: HOW CAN I KEEP FROM SINGING
No storm can shake my inmost calm
How long, O Lord, will you forget
Author: Barbara Woollett (b. 1937) Appears in 14 hymnals Topics: Despair and Trouble Lyrics: 1 How long, O Lord, will you forget
an answer to my prayer?
No tokens of your love I see,
your face is turned away from me;
I wrestle with despair.
2 How long, O Lord, will you forsake
and leave me in this way?
When will you come to my relief?
My heart is overwhelmed with grief,
by evil night and day.
3 How long, O Lord — but you forgive,
with mercy from above.
I find that all your ways are just,
I learn to praise you and to trust
in your unfailing love. Scripture: Psalm 13 Used With Tune: [How long, O Lord, will you forget]
How long, O Lord, will you forget
I need thee, oh, I need thee
Author: Annie Sherwood Hawks (1835-1918) Meter: 6.4.6.4 with refrain Appears in 975 hymnals Topics: Despair and Trouble First Line: I need thee every hour Lyrics: 1 I need thee every hour,
most gracious Lord;
no tender voice but thine
can peace afford.
[Refrain:]
I need thee, oh, I need thee,
every hour I need thee;
O bless me now, my Saviour,
I come to thee.
2 I need thee every hour,
stay thou near by;
temptations lose their power
when thou art nigh. [Refrain]
3 I need thee every hour,
in joy or pain;
come quickly and abide,
or life is vain. [Refrain]
4 I need thee every hour,
teach me thy will;
and thy rich promises
in me fulfil. [Refrain] Scripture: 1 Corinthians 10:13 Used With Tune: I NEED THEE
I need thee, oh, I need thee
'Lift up your hearts!' We lift them, Lord, to thee
Author: Henry Montague Butler (1833-1918) Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 69 hymnals Topics: Despair and Trouble Lyrics: 1 'Lift up your hearts!' We lift them, Lord, to thee;
here at thy feet none other may we see:
'Lift up your hearts!' Even so, with one accord,
we lift them up, we lift them to the Lord.
2 Above the level of the former years,
the mire of sin, the slough of guilty fears,
the mist of doubt, the blight of love's decay,
O Lord of light, lift all our hearts to-day.
3 Lift every gift that thou thyself hast given:
low lies the best till lifted up to heaven;
low lie the bounding heart, the teeming brain,
till, sent from God, they mount to God again.
4 Then, as the trumpet-call in after years,
'Lift up your hearts!' rings pealing in our ears,
still shall those hearts respond with full accord,
'We lift them up, we lift them to the Lord.' Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:52 Used With Tune: WOODLANDS
'Lift up your hearts!' We lift them, Lord, to thee
When the storms of life are raging, stand by me
Author: Charles Albert Tindley (1851-1933) Meter: 8.3.8.3.7.7.8.3 Appears in 55 hymnals Topics: Despair and Trouble Lyrics: 1 When the storms of life are raging, stand by me;
when the storms of life are raging, stand by me.
When the world is pounding me,
like a ship upon the sea,
Lord, who rules the wind and water, stand by me.
2 In the midst of tribulation, stand by me;
in the midst of tribulation, stand by me.
When the hosts of hell assail,
and my strength begins to fail,
Lord, who never lost a battle, stand by me.
3 In the midst of faults and failures, stand by me;
in the midst of faults and failures, stand by me.
When I've done the best I can,
and my friends misunderstand,
Lord, who knowes all about me, stand by me.
4 In the midst of persecution, stand by me;
in the midst of persecution, stand by me.
When my foes in war array
undertake to stop my way,
Lord, who saved Paul and Silas, stand by me.
5 When I’m growing old and feeble, stand by me;
when I’m growing old and feeble, stand by me.
when my life becomes a burden
and I’m nearing chilly Jordan,
Lord, the Lily of the Valley, stand by me. Scripture: Acts 16:16-34 Used With Tune: STAND BY ME
When the storms of life are raging, stand by me
Just as the tide creeps over silver sand
Author: Leith Fisher (b. 1941) Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 2 hymnals Topics: Despair and Trouble Scripture: Isaiah 66:1 Used With Tune: EVENTIDE
Just as the tide creeps over silver sand
O send thy light forth and thy truth
Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 35 hymnals Topics: Despair and Trouble Lyrics: 1 O send thy light forth and thy truth;
let them be guides to me,
and bring me to thine holy hill,
even where thy dwellings be.
2 Then will I to God's altar go,
to God my chiefest joy:
yea, God, my God, thy name to praise
my harp I will employ.
3 Why art thou then cast down, my soul?
what should discourage thee?
Any why with vexing thoughts art thou
disquieted in me?
4 Still trust in God; for him to praise,
good cause I yet shall have:
he of my countenance is the health,
my God that doth me save. Scripture: Psalm 43:3-5 Used With Tune: MARTYRS Text Sources: The Scottish Psalter, 1929
O send thy light forth and thy truth
Jesu, priceless treasure
Author: Catherine Winkworth (1827-1878); Johann Franck (1618-1677) Meter: 6.6.5.6.6.5.7.8.6 Appears in 131 hymnals Topics: Despair and Trouble Lyrics: 1 Jesu, priceless treasure,
source of purest pleasure,
truest friend to me;
ah! how long in anguish
shall my spirit languish
yearning, Lord, for thee?
Thine I am,
O spotless Lamb,
I will suffer
naught to hide thee,
naught I ask beside thee.
2 In thine arms I rest me,
foes who would molest me
cannot reach me here.
Though the earth be shaking,
every heart be quaking,
Jesus calms my fear;
lightnings flash
and thunders crash;
yet, though sin
and hell assail me,
Jesus will not fail me.
3 Satan, I defy thee;
death, I now decry thee;
fear, I bid thee cease.
World, thou shalt not harm me
nor thy threats alarm me
while I sing of peace.
God's great power
guards every hour;
earth and all
its depths adore him,
silent bow before him.
4 Hence with earthly treasure!
Thou art all my pleasure,
Jesus, all my choice.
Hence, thou empty glory!
naught to me thy story,
told with tempting voice.
Pain or loss,
or shame or cross,
shall not from
my Saviour move me,
since he deigns to love me.
5 Hence, all fear and sadness!
For the Lord of gladness,
Jesus, enters in;
they who love the Father,
though the storms may gather,
still have peace within;
yea, whate'er
I here must bear,
thou art still
my purest pleasure,
Jesu, priceless treasure! Scripture: Matthew 13:44-46 Used With Tune: JESU MEINE FREUDE
Jesu, priceless treasure
Lord, if faith is disenchanted
Author: Alan Gaunt (b. 1935) Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: Despair and Trouble Lyrics: 1 Lord, if faith is disenchanted,
if our pain persists too long,
show us that your love is planted
deeper far than all time's wrong.
2 If we feel ourselves forsaken,
overwhelmed by sin and grief,
prove your love, though faith is shaken,
deeper than our unbelief.
3 Where injustice and oppression
make the poor and weak despair,
prove your love's profound compassion,
deeper than their deepest prayer.
4 When the children, Lord, are dying,
anguished parents asking, 'Why?',
prove your love, in grief and crying,
deeper than grief's deepest cry.
5 Let the cross, your love's perfection,
present with us all along,
prove itself, in resurrection,
deeper far than all time's wrong. Scripture: Isaiah 42:1-4 Used With Tune: OTTERY ST MARY
Lord, if faith is disenchanted
Though hope desert my heart
Author: John L. Bell (b. 1949) Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 5 hymnals Topics: Despair and Trouble Scripture: Isaiah 43:1-2 Used With Tune: HOMEWARD
Though hope desert my heart
We turn to God when, we are sorely pressed
Author: Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945) Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 3 hymnals Topics: Despair and Trouble Scripture: 1 Corinthians 11:24 Used With Tune: EVENTIDE Text Sources: Letters and Papers in Prison, 1953, SCM Press; translated Church Hymnary, Fourth Edition, 2005
We turn to God when, we are sorely pressed
When I'm feeling down and sad
Author: Joy Webb (b. 1932) Meter: 7.7.8.3 Appears in 5 hymnals Topics: Despair and Trouble Lyrics: 1 When I'm feeling down and sad,
nothing much to make me glad,
help me to remember,
you are there for me.
2 When things seem so different, and
very hard to understand
help me to remember,
you are close to me.
3 When no one has time for me,
nothing's as it used to be,
help me to remember,
you are still with me.
4 When I'm crying, deep inside,
harder than I've ever cried
help me to remember,
you are loving me. Scripture: Isaiah 43:1-2 Used With Tune: DUMPS
When I'm feeling down and sad
By gracious powers so wonderfully sheltered
Author: Fred Pratt Green (1903-2000); Keith W. Clements (b. 1943); Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945) Meter: 11.10.11.10.11.10 Appears in 17 hymnals Topics: Despair and Trouble Scripture: Lamentations 3:22-23 Used With Tune: FINLANDIA
By gracious powers so wonderfully sheltered
I want Jesus to walk with me
Meter: 8.8.8.9 Appears in 51 hymnals Topics: Despair and Trouble Lyrics: 1 I want Jesus to walk with me;
I want Jesus to walk with me;
all along my pilgrim journey,
oh, I want Jesus to walk with me.
2 In my trials, Lord, walk with me;
in my trials, Lord, walk with me;
when my heart is almost breaking,
oh, I want Jesus to walk with me.
3 When I’m troubled, Lord, walk with me;
when I’m troubled, Lord, walk with me;
when my head is bowed in sorrow,
oh, I want Jesus to walk with me. Scripture: Luke 24:13-32 Used With Tune: SOJOURNER Text Sources: African-American spiritual
I want Jesus to walk with me
Lord, make us servants of your peace
Author: James Quinn, SJ (1919-2010); St Francis of Assisi (1182-1226) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 16 hymnals Topics: Despair and Trouble Scripture: Romans 12:9-18 Used With Tune: O WALY WALY
Lord, make us servants of your peace
The one who longs to make us whole
Author: Edith Sinclair Downing (b. 1922) Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 3 hymnals Topics: Despair and Trouble Lyrics: 1 The one who longs to make us whole
is waiting to embrace
our broken lives, so we can know
the power of healing grace.
God's love surrounds our suffering,
and keeps us through the night;
God helps us bear our deep despair
till we see morning light.
2 The one who saves us from ourselves
is waiting to release
our hearts from chains of self-reproach
and failure to find peace.
When harmful habits leave us bruised,
distraught by inner pain,
God comes to us through trusted friends,
and helps us hope again.
3 The one who understands our need
accepts us as we are;
and, like a loved one, welcomes us
when we have wandered far.
God never says we come too late
to be forgiven, free,
but promises we can become
the self we're meant to be. Scripture: Acts 10:38 Used With Tune: THIRD MODE MELODY
The one who longs to make us whole
Here hangs a man discarded
Author: Brian Wren (b. 1936) Meter: 7.6.7.6 Appears in 7 hymnals Topics: Despair and Trouble Lyrics: 1 Here hangs a man discarded,
a scarecrow hoisted high,
a nonsense pointing nowhere
to all who hurry by.
2 Can such a clown of sorrows
still bring a useful word
when faith and love seem phantoms
and every hope absurd?
3 Yet here is help and comfort
for lives by comfort bound,
when drums of dazzling progress
give strangely hollow sound:
4 Life, emptied of all meaning,
drained out in bleak distress,
can share in broken silence
our deepest emptiness;
5 And love that freely entered
the pit of life's despair,
can name our hidden darkness
and suffer with us there.
6 Christ, in our darkness risen,
help all who long for light
to hold the hand of promise,
till faith receives its sight. Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:23 Used With Tune: SHRUB END
Here hangs a man discarded
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