Scripture Verse

Unto Thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul. My God, I trust in Thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me. Psalm 25:1–2

Introduction

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Hans G. Nägeli (1773–1836)

Words: From The Psal­ter (Pitts­burgh, Penn­syl­van­ia: Unit­ed Pres­by­ter­ian Board of Pub­li­ca­tion, 1912), num­ber 60.

Music: Den­nis Hans G. Nä­ge­li (1773–1836). Ar­ranged by Lo­well Ma­son in The Psal­te­ry, 1845 (🔊 pdf nwc).

Lyrics

To Thee I lift my soul,
In Thee my trust re­pose;
My God, O put me not to shame
Before tri­um­phant foes.

None shall be put to shame
That hum­bly wait for Thee,
But those that will­ful­ly trans­gress,
On them the shame shall be.

Show me Thy paths, O Lord,
Teach me Thy per­fect way,
O guide me in Thy truth di­vine,
And lead me day by day.

For Thou art God that dost
To me sal­va­tion send,
And pa­tient­ly through all the day
Upon Thee I at­tend.

Recall Thy mer­cies, Lord,
Their ten­der­ness untold,
And all Thy lov­ing-kind­ness­es,
For they have been of old.