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LORD, thou wilt hear me when I pray;

PSALM IV. 3, 4, 5, 8.
An Evening Psalm

Poet: Isaac Watts, 1719
Meter: Common Meter (8,6,8,6)
Location in The Sacred Harp
Stanza Denson Cooper
1
LORD, thou wilt hear me when I pray;
I am forever thine;
I fear before thee all the day,
Nor would I dare to sin.

Timmons 117, Stanza 1, Lines 1, 2, 3, & 4
2
And while I rest my weary head
From cares and bus'ness free,
Tis sweet conversing on my bed
With my own heart and thee.

Timmons 117, Stanza 1, Lines 5, 6, 7, & 8
3
I pay this ev'ning sacrifice,
And when my work is done,
Great God, my faith and hope relies
Upon thy grace alone.

Timmons 117, Stanza 2, Lines 1, 2, 3, & 4
4
Thus with my thoughts compos'd to peace,
I'll give mine eyes to sleep;
Thy hand in safety keeps my days,
And will my slumbers keep.

Timmons 117, Stanza 2, Lines 5, 6, 7, & 8
Watts, Isaac. The Psalms of David: Imitated in the Language of the New Testament, and applied to the Christian State and Worship. 22nd ed. London: T. Longman et. al., 1769.