Sunday's Hymn: God of My Life, to Thee I Call

or Looking Upwards in a Storm, Cowper’s original title.

God of my life, to Thee I call, 
Afflicted at Thy feet I fall; 
When the great water-floods prevail, 
Leave not my trembling heart to fail! 

Friend of the friendless and the faint, 
Where should I lodge my deep complaint, 
Where but with Thee, whose open door 
Invites the helpless and the poor! 

Did ever mourner plead with Thee, 
And Thou refuse the mourner’s plea? 
Does not the word still fix’d remain, 
That none shall seek Thy face in vain? 

That were a grief I could not bear, 
Didst Thou not hear and answer prayer: 
But a prayer-hearing, answering God 
Supports me under every load. 

Fair is the lot that’s cast for me; 
I have an Advocate with Thee; 
They whom the world caresses most 
Have no such privilege to boast. 

Poor though I am, despised, forgot, 
Yet God, my God, forgets me not: 
And he is safe, and must succeed, 
For whom the Lord vouchsafes to plead. 

—William Cowper

HT: Kim Shay

Red Mountain Music has put these old words to another new tune.

Other hymns, worship songs, sermons etc. posted today:

• The Perfect Wisdom of our God at By Grace Alone
• All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name! at Graces Daily
• Lord, Who Throughout These Forty Days at The Happy Wonderer
• Smitten, Stricken, and Afflicted at Luma Simms
• My Love and Happiness at Tried With Fire
• Lord’s Day 11, 2014 at The Thirsty Theologian
• Lifting Up Our Hearts - 20 at The Upward Call
• Your Weekly Dose of Spurgeon at Pyromaniacs: “We are coming, brethren!”
• The Treasury of David: Psalm 18:31 at Theology for Girls

Have you posted a hymn (or sermon, sermon notes, prayer, etc.) today and I missed it? Let me know by leaving a link in the comments or by contacting me using the contact form linked above, and I’ll add your post to the list.