- Tune: Faith
- Tune: Balerma
- C Soprano Recorder
- F Alto Recorder
- C Tenor Recorder
- F Bass Recorder
- Verse 1
- 1 Though I am poor and sorrowful,
- Hear Thou, O God, my cry;
- Let Thy salvation come to me
- And lift me up on high.
- Verse 2
- Then will I praise my God with song,
- To Him my thanks shall rise,
- And this shall please Jehovah more
- Than offered sacrifice.
- Verse 3
- The meek shall see it and rejoice,
- Ye saints, no more be sad;
- For lo, Jehovah hears the poor
- And makes His prisoners glad.
- Verse 4
- Let heaven and earth and seas rejoice,
- Let all there-in give praise,
- For Zion God will surely save
- Her broken walls will raise.
- Verse 5
- In Zion they that love His Name
- Shall dwell from age to age;
- Yea, there shall be their lasting rest,
- Their children's heritage.
- Balerma composed by François-Hippolyte Barthélémon (1741-1808).
- Balerma arranged by Robert Simpson (1790-1832).
- June 4 & 5 entries for the 2022 Weekly Hymns Challenge.
- Lyrics adapted from Psalm LXIX
- Hymn #126 in The Psalter Hymnal
- Tune: Faith
- Tune: Balerma