HYMN: Your Righteous Wrath, O Lord, Restrain

The Psalter project continues, apparently, as substitute teaching seems to be good for my writing productivity. Maybe I should work on a novel or the non-fiction work that's popcorning around my brain. Or maybe a sermon or two. In due time, perhaps. But I don't preach this Sunday, so that need isn't as urgent either.

But I digress. The more I work on the Psalter, the more I recognize that I spend a lot of time crying out to the Lord. Or maybe I don't spend enough time crying out to the Lord. Probably there's an argument to be made for both. In honor of the first, or maybe to address the second, here is a metric version of Psalm 6. I'm still working on a more Christological approach, but for now, this treats the text fairly faithfully. The suggested tune is ES IST GEWISSLICH, the tune for LSB 508. "The Day Is Surely Drawing Near."

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Your Righteous Wrath, O Lord, Restrain

1. Your righteous wrath, O Lord, restrain.

Hold back Your hot displeasure.

Have mercy, for my powers wane,

My woes too deep too measure.

My spirit groans most bitterly.

Return, O Lord! Deliver me!

In Your great mercy save me.

2. Who, Lord, will thank You from the grave?

In death, who will remember?

My foe attacks me--wretched knave!

My grief, a burning ember.

Each night I flood my bed with tears.

My eyes grow weak, for nothing cheers,

And naught can still my mourning.

3. Yet God has heard my anguished cry.

He hears my supplication.

I raise my prayer to Him on high.

He calms my souls frustration.

All those who work iniquity,

They can no longer trouble me.

My foes in shame must perish.  

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ES IST GEWISSLICH (LSB 508)

Psalm 6