psalm41

PSALM 41

METER: CM (86 86)

SUGGESTED TUNES: AZMON, ST. ANNE, or RICHMOND

This is the meter for such hymns as "O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing", "O God, Our Help in Ages Past" or "O For a Heart to Praise My God"

1. Hap-py they who care for the poor,

God helps them in their need.

The Lord pro-tects and keeps their lives,

And the land calls them blest;

2. God does not give them o-ver to

The pow-er of their foes.

God helps them when they're sick in bed,

He heals them of dis-ease.

3. I said, "Lord, have mer-cy on me;

Heal me, for I have sinned."

My foes say cru-el things of me;

They hope I die un-known.

4. Those who come to me aren't sin-cere,

They come to gath-er lies

So they can gos-sip ev-ery-where

The worst news they can find.

5. All who hate me whisp-er a-bout,

They con-jure up the worst.

They say, "He is sick un-to death,

He won't rise from his bed."

6. E-ven the best friend that I had,

The one whom I did trust,

The one who shared my food with me,

A-gainst me turned him-self.

7. O Lord, be gra-cious un-to me.

Re-store my fail-ing health,

That I may get re-venge a-gainst

All of my en-e-mies.

8. By this I know you're pleased with me:

My foes have not pre-vailed..

You help me, for I do what's right;

I'll al-ways be with you.

9. Blest be the Lord, the might-y God,

The God of Is-ra-el!

Praise him for all e-ter-ni-ty!

Let it be so. A-men.