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    A Psalm of Lament

    Assurance Lament writings
    Rise up O Lord to hear me, for Your silence will not be matched by my own.
    Many are the considerations of my soul, You know them well.
    Many are the thoughts of my mind, Your attention to them is broad.
    Come down, my fear, and listen to the One who made you.
     
    You made us to walk in Your statutes, to worship after You;
    That we desire deeply the knowledge of our God.
    Yet, in this condition, we can only know so well.
    For the sin we hold keeps You veiled.
     
    But, have we sinned more than those of old?
    How have you once spoken plainly to your servants
    But from us You withhold Your speech?
    Have we sinned more than those of old?
     
    For those who despise Your words once spoken,
    Who teach others to despise Your commands,
    Do I not wish for them failure?
    Those who rob us of what words we have from You.
     
    Every word from You proves true
    And in the silence, I will recall them
    The words You have spoken to me through Your servants
    You will make alive in these deafened ears.
     
    The Lord rises, and He has heard my call
    For His promise stands in the silent halls:
    “The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears them.”
    Hear me this day, for I trust in you.
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    Word of God, Hope of Nations

    hymns
    This song is donated to the public domain.

    Verse 1
    O join me in a hymn to God, whose Word has set me free!
    He from the dust hath formed us to reign eternally.
    Judge not the Lord by weakened sense, His Word will prove true:
    It is He who stands as judge on Earth to maketh all things new!

    Verse 2
    O sin that causes us to trust in rank authorities, 
    Against you stands a frightful Word that echoes through the trees:
    “Your hope is built on nothing more than weak minds and lore.
    The One who made you sent His Word to meet and save the poor.”

    Verse 3
    We cast from us our fleshliness and on our God rely:
    “In Christ alone our Righteousness” will ever be our cry.
    Elect from every land on Earth our God loses none. 
    We await that day when we will stand before His throne as one!

    Verse 4
    From tongue to tongue and land to land the Word of God we take,
    To walk the ground that God hath trod before we ever spake
    Of God the judge who saves by grace; those who are enemies
    He raises up with Christ their Lord to sit in heavenlies.

    Verse 5
    The gods that rule this present age do tremble at His gaze,
    They can not give what He provides: a hope for all our days.
    We join our voices in this hymn with tongues yet unknown
    That God our Father, strong to save, will not forsake His own.