In Distress I Cried Unto the Lord
(RCOG - "When I Dwelt in Mesech")
Words: portions of Psalms 120 & 121
Music: Dwight Armstrong
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1. In distress I cried unto the Lord
and He did hear my prayer.
Save my soul from lying lips and from
deceitful tongues, O Lord;
O what will you get from Him?
What reward, O crafty tongue?
Arrows sharp shall pour on you,
with burning coals of juniper.
2. Woe is me that I sojourn
in Mesech for so long a time.
And, alas that in the tents of Kedar
I should dwell therein!
My soul hath long dwelt with them,
those who hate the peace I love;
But however peaceably I speak to them
then they're for war.
3. I will lift mine eyes unto the hills,
from whence does my help come?
For my help comes from the Lord,
who made the heaven and the earth.
He will never let you slip;
He who keeps you never sleeps.
He who keepeth Israel
will never slumber, never sleep.
4. Neither sun nor moon shall smite you
by the day nor by the night.
For the Lord will keep you from all evil,
and shall save your life.
He'll protect your going out;
He'll protect your coming in;
He will guard and keep your life,
from this time forth and evermore.
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