Minister: Lift up your hearts! Congregation: We lift them up to the Lord! Venom from the princes comes, Without a cause they press. Before Your Word I stand in awe, I see, my heart is filled with joy, As though I found great battle spoil. I loathe all lies, and those who speak With and …
Your Kindness is Forever Sure
Minister: Lift up your hearts! Congregation: We lift them up to the Lord! Torment is my lot, deliver me, I hold tight to Your law. God, plead my cause, deliver me, And quicken me, fulfill Your Word, Keep all Your promises to me. Salvation is a distant isle From all these wicked men. They do …
Before the Dawning Sun
Minister: Lift up your hearts! Congregation: We lift them up to the Lord! So then I cried with all my heart, Hear me, oh Lord, I pray. I will keep Your statutes pure, Again I cry, please save me now, And I will keep Your holy law. I rose before the dawning sun, And I …
Though I Am Very Small
Minister: Lift up your hearts! Congregation: We lift them up to the Lord! Righteous are Your judgments, Lord And all Your ways upright. Your testimonies are a light, True righteousness and faithfulness Are given to us in Your law. I am consumed with faithful zeal Your enemies forget The words revealed for us to keep, …
Warm Yellow Light Pours Wisdom Out
Minister: Lift up your hearts! Congregation: We lift them up to the Lord! Quite wonderful are all Your words, And so my soul obeys. The doorway of Your law is lit, Warm yellow light pours wisdom out And so the simple gather in. My mouth is dry, my throat athirst, I long for all your …
Why Do You Now Not Intervene?
Minister: Lift up your hearts! Congregation: We lift them up to the Lord! Precise my judgments all have been According to Your law. So do not now abandon me, Do not allow oppression here, I trust Your kindness promised me. Assure Your servant in all good, Rebuke the proud who press . . . My …
My Shield and Hiding Place
Minister: Lift up your hearts! Congregation: We lift them up to the Lord! Oh, how I hate all vanity Because I love Your law. You are my shield and hiding place; I hope and trust in Your right Word, I give myself to all Your ways. Depart from me, you evil ones, For I will …
But I Refuse to Stray
Minister: Lift up your hearts! Congregation: We lift them up to the Lord! Now here Your Word is like a lamp That guides my feet in truth. It lights the path before me here, It shows the way through darkest night That I may safely come to You. This oath I took, that I will …
Your Law Is Honey
Minister: Lift up your hearts! Congregation: We lift them up to the Lord! My mediation is Your law! I love to contemplate All day the law You gave to us. Through Your commands You made me wise, More than my enemies can know. More than my teachers I have learned, Your laws instruct my heart. …
The Legalist Just Closes Doors
Minister: Lift up your hearts! Congregation: We lift them up to the Lord! Let me right now forever know Your Word is firm on high, Your faithfulness to all my line. You have established all the earth, And it abides as You have said. The earth obeys as You decree, A faithful servant here. Unless …