In my distress to God I cry'd

Representative Text

1 In my distress to GOD I cried,
and He gave ear to me.
From lying lips, and guileful tongue,
O LORD, my soul set free.
What shall be giv’n thee?
Or what shall be done to thee, false tongue?
E'en burning coals of juniper,
sharp arrows of the strong.

2 Woe’s me that I in Meshech am
a sojourner so long;
that I in tabernacles dwell
to Kedar that belong.
My soul with him that hateth peace
hath long a dweller been.
I am for peace; but when I speak,
for battle they are keen.

Source: Psalms and Hymns to the Living God #120

Text Information

First Line: In my distress to God I cried, And he gave ear to me
Title: In my distress to God I cry'd
Meter: 8.6.8.6
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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KINGSFOLD

Thought by some scholars to date back to the Middle Ages, KINGSFOLD is a folk tune set to a variety of texts in England and Ireland. The tune was published in English Country Songs [sic: English County Songs] (1893), an anthology compiled by Lucy E. Broadwood and J. A. Fuller Maitland. After having…

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