Psalm 61

Listen to my cry, and hear me, / Be Thou near me; / O my I God, heed Thou my plaint; / From the ends of earth I call Thee; / Woes befall me, / And my heart is weak and faint. / / Lead Thou me, for I abide Thee; / Come and guide me / To the rock for me too high; / Thou my refuge, great in power, / Art my tower / When the enemy is nigh. / / Keep me in Thy tent forever! / Leave me never! / Of Thy faithfulness I sing. / Oh, to be where Thou me shieldest, / Where Thou yieldest / Me the shelter of Thy wings! / / Thou hast heard all that I vowed Thee / And endowed me / With the heritage of those / Who revere Thy Name and glory / And before Thee / In Thy steadfast love repose. / / May the king’s life, by Thee strengthened, / LORD, be lengthened; / Of his reign no end be known. / Bless, O God, all his endeavor; / May he ever / Sit before Thee on his throne. / / Be, O God of truth and splendor, / His Defender; / Make Thy steadfast love his stay! / So will I, Thy Name professing, / For Thy blessing / Pay my vows day after day. / / W. van der Kamp, 1967