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Text:Hear, Lord, the Voice of My Complaint
Author:Anonymous
Tune:MONORA
Composer:William Batchelder Bradbury
Media:MIDI file

2473. Hear, Lord, the Voice of My Complaint

1. Hear, Lord, the voice of my complaint,
Preserve my life from fear;
Hide me from plotting enemies
And evil, crowding near.
The workers of iniquity,
Their deadly shafts prepare;
They aim at me their treacherous words;
O save me from their snare.

2. The wicked in their base designs
Grow arrogant and bold;
Conspiring secretly, they think
That God will not behold;
They search out more iniquity,
Their thoughts and plans are deep,
But God will smite, for He is near
His saints to guard and keep.

3. The wicked, by their sins o’ercome,
Shall soon be brought to shame;
The hand of God shall yet appear,
And all shall fear His name.
The just shall triumph in the Lord,
Their trust shall be secure,
And endless glory then shall crown
The upright and the pure.

Text Information
First Line: Hear, Lord, the voice of my complaint
Title: Hear, Lord, the Voice of My Complaint
Author: Anonymous (1912)
Meter: CMD
Language: English
Source: The Psalter (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: The United Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1912), number 165
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: MONORA
Composer: William Batchelder Bradbury (1863)
Meter: CMD
Incipit: 55351 15132 13211
Key: A♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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