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From out of the depths of misery I cry To Thee O Lord, and that most earnestly, Prayers intermixed with sighs and tears My soul sends up into Thine ears. I pour out all my moan Before Thee, Thee alone, And for relief Show Thee my grief. Lord, when my troubled spirit could not rest For anguish of my mind, Thou knowest best What way to help me, and did see A path through all to set me free. Thy foes, and mine, do lay Snares for me, in my way One did privily In ambush lie. I looked on every side, but I could see None who would know, and much less succour me. My friends revolted totally, On whom I used to rely; All ways to ’scape by flight Were stopped, and shut up quite, And none did care My soul to spare. Thus troubled; laid on wait for; desolate; Enclosed around; and thus disconsolate; I cried to Thee, O Lord, and said, Thou art my hope, my help, my aid, The rock I build upon; My lot, my portion, For this life, and A better land.
From out of the depths of misery I cry To Thee O Lord, and that most earnestly, Prayers intermixed with sighs and tears My soul sends up into Thine ears. I pour out all my moan Before Thee, Thee alone, And for relief Show Thee my grief. Lord, when my troubled spirit could not rest For anguish of my mind, Thou knowest best What way to help me, and did see A path through all to set me free. Thy foes, and mine, do lay Snares for me, in my way One did privily In ambush lie. I looked on every side, but I could see None who would know, and much less succour me. My friends revolted totally, On whom I used to rely; All ways to ’scape by flight Were stopped, and shut up quite, And none did care My soul to spare. Thus troubled; laid on wait for; desolate; Enclosed around; and thus disconsolate; I cried to Thee, O Lord, and said, Thou art my hope, my help, my aid, The rock I build upon; My lot, my portion, For this life, and A better land.
In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- Joseph Bunyan (identity unresolved)
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- In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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Page 621 · printed citation: Joseph Bunyan · subject: TROUBLE
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