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O MY GOD, WITHHOLD YOUR ANGER (PSALM 38) (CCLI 4432315)

1. O my God, withhold Your anger.
See the arrows piercing me!
In Your wrath, my body fails,
my guilt is agony.

Refrain

O my God, do not forsake me,
be not far from me.
Come quickly, O my God, and help me.
Lord, my Savior be!

2. My wounds fester and are loathsome.
I am bowed and brought down low.
I am filled with pain and mourning:
anguish is my soul!

3. All my longings are before You,
all my sighing in Your sight.
My heart pounds, my strength it fails,
my eyes have lost their light!

4. I am now both deaf and mute:
Against my foes I can't reply.
Yet I know that You will answer:
on You I rely!

5. As my pain is ere before me,
I confess my sins to You.
Many those who hate me, Lord,
and mock the good I do!

 

 

 

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