Save Me, O God, the Swelling Floods (EN 1190)

EN 1190 Save Me, O God, the Swelling Floods

Ps.69.1

Versi Version 1

1

Save me, O God, the swelling floods

Break in upon my soul;

I sink, and sorrows o’er my head

Like mighty waters roll.

2

I cry till all my voice be gone,

In tears I waste the day:

My God, behold my longing eyes,

And shorten Thy delay.

3

They hate my soul without a cause,

And still their number grows

More than the hairs around my head,

And mighty are my foes.

4

’Twas then I paid that dreadful debt

That men could never pay,

And gave those honors to Thy law

Which sinners took away.

5

Thus in the great Messiah’s name,

The royal prophet mourns;

Thus he awakes our hearts to grief,

And gives us joy by turns.

6

Now shall the saints rejoice, and find

Salvation in My Name;

For I have borne their heavy load

Of sorrow, pain, and shame.

7

Grief, like a garment, clothed Me round,

And sackcloth was My dress,

While I procured for naked souls

A robe of righteousness.

8

Amongst My brethren and the Jews

I like a stranger stood,

And bore their vile reproach, to bring

The Gentiles near to God.

9

I came in sinful mortals’ stead,

To do My Father’s will;

Yet when I cleansed My Father’s house,

They scandalized My zeal.

10

My fasting and My holy groans

Were made the drunkard’s song;

But God, from His celestial throne,

Heard My complaining tongue.

11

He saved Me from the dreadful deep,

Nor let My soul be drowned;

He raised and fixed My sinking feet

On well-established ground.

12

’Twas in a most accepted hour

My prayer arose on high;

And for My sake my God shall hear

The dying sinner’s cry.

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