Lutheran Hymnody
The Hymns
CROSS AND COMFORT
534
God of My Life, to Thee I Call
Ps. 46
L. M.
St. 1–5, William Cowper, 1779
St. 6, unknown author
Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten
“Genevan Psalter,” 1547
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2
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fall.
poor?
vain?
5
Poor though I be, despised, forgot,
Yet God, my God, forgets me not;
And he is safe and must succeed
For whom the Lord vouchsafes to plead.
6
Then hear, O Lord, my humble cry
And bend on me Thy pitying eye.
To Thee their prayer Thy people make:
Hear us for our Redeemer’s sake.
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