O Lord, my supplications hear and answer please; I spread before You this petition on my knees. Don’t overwhelm me when Your roar For no one in this world is pure. The foe me persecutes with cunning words and lies; I know his sabotage and darkness fouls my eyes. My spirit, longing to be dressed, […]
Unto the Lord I cry; Anxious in prayer I sigh, Seeking the reason why I am disquieted. There as my burden grew I realised that You My every footstep knew While pressing on ahead. They who despise my prayer, Feeling no shame or care, Secretly set their snare For me to stumble in. No one […]
I look to You, O Lord make haste to me; Give ear to this my cry! May this my solemn prayer like incense be From holy hands held high. Set up a mighty guard, O gracious Lord, Around the doorway of my tongue, And keep my feeble heart, Lord, set apart In service of the […]
Rescue me, O Lord, from those who do evil, Keep me from their violence; Daily they conspire for war and high treason, There is hatred in their plans. Their tongues are sharp as iron, There’s poison in their bite; Their purpose, sure and certain, To undermine what’s right! Subtle are their schemes and dark their […]
O Lord, You know me completely, When I stand and when I sit down; My thoughts You understand clearly, Every heartbeat, each fear, every frown; You’re acquainted with all my ways, Though silent You hear every word I pray I’m cornered; upon me Your hand is laid – What can I say? Where can I […]
To You I bring my heart and sing This song of thankful praise; I humbly bow before You now And shall do all my days. The book of holy Scripture Above Your Name You raise; It to Your saints Your faithfulness And steadfast love conveys. The kings of every tribe will sing Of all Your holiness, […]
Sat down on riverbanks in Babylon We tearfully remembered Zion’s songs; Our heavy hearts betraying glory gone: Strong nobles captured, rich treasures plundered. How shall we exiled here unite to sing Thanksgiving songs amidst such suffering? We languish, spirits broken, for our sin; Behold dear Father, these sons of Edom. Mistress of Babylon at ease […]
Every false idol that men in their darkness Honour as ‘lord’ on the throne of their mind, Shall in the day of God’s fierceness and goodness Fall from on high and in Hell be confined. Then we’ll be free from the sins of our blindness No more believing the lies of mankind. The love of […]
Let servant-hearted saints, With heart and mind and soul, Stand upright as a mighty throng And praise the Lord of all; For He alone is good And pleasant is His name; We, by His sovereign choice, the seed Of Abraham became. The idols of men’s hearts Which inwardly they trust Are phantom demons of the […]
Behold, you servants of the Lord Who rise up in the night, Lift up your hands in fervent prayer As children of the light, And magnify God’s name Speaking and doing right! Stand up and bless with thankfulness Your Maker here with me; He by the power of His word Created all we see; From […]
A new Psalter for the 21st Century. The Psalms represent the Bible's own library of songs specifically written to be sung as part of private and corporate worship. It is my sincere prayer and desire that this new collection of psalms might serve to refresh, restore, challenge, encourage and edify Christians of all lands, cultures and backgrounds.
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