Hymn 108 Give Ear to My Prayer, O Lord

Verse 1 Give ear to my prayer, O Lord, and my supplication hear;

Answer me in faithfulness; in thy righteousness.

Into judgment enter not with thy servant, Lord, I pray;

For no living man is just, righteous in Thy sight.

Verse 2 For the enemy, my foe, persecuted he my soul;

My life hath he smitten down, down unto the ground;

Made me in the darkness dwell, as those that have long been dead.

My spirit is overwhelmed, my heart desolate.

Verse 3 I remember days of old, meditate on all Thy ways;

And I muse on all Thy works, all thy hands have wrought.

After Thee my soul does thirst, as a thirsty land, Se-lah.

Hear me, Lord, make haste I pray, for my spirit fails.

Last Verse Lord, hear me, I pray of Thee, hide not Thou Thy face from me;

Lest like unto them I be, down unto the dust.

Cause Thy servant, Lord, to hear; show Thy loving kindness, Lord;

For I lift my soul to Thee; I in Thee do trust.