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Psalm 140
Category
Sacred Hymn
Score Type
SATB Hymn
PSALM 140: "Deliver Me"
Deliver me,
O, God, above.
Preserve me from all harm.
O, hear my voice.
Surround with love.
Protect me with your arm.
Grant thou not
The desires of all
Who work against Your own.
Deliver me,
Thou art my God.
Be Thou my strength and shield.
Deliver me,
O, LORD of all.
Keep all my thoughts on Thee.
O, guide my steps
To follow You.
I come on bended knee.
Grant Thou not
The desires of all
My selfish wants and will.
Deliver me,
Thou art my God.
O, lead and guide me still.
"Deliver Me" is a cry for deliverance from the Psalmist to God. The descending melody shows the low points of life. The rests between sentences picture the broken prayers of the Psalmist. And the step-wise melodic line begins and ends the piece, returning to the cry: "Deliver me." Musically, the texture adheres to the submissiveness and meditation of the Psalmist's call, through the melody, harmony, and tempo.