Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: Thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.
Psalm 4:1
Words: Isaac Watts, The Psalms of David 1719. Hearing of prayer; or, God our portion, and Christ our hope.
Music: Angelus Georg Joseph, Heilige Seelenlust (Breslau [now Wrocław, Poland]: 1657) (set to the words Du meiner Seelen güldne Ziehr) (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a good picture of Joseph (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
O God of grace and righteousness,
Hear and attend when I complain:
Thou hast enlarged me in distress,
Bow down a gracious ear again.
Ye sons of men, in vain ye try
To turn my glory into shame;
How long will scoffers love to lie,
And dare reproach my Savior’s name?
Know that the Lord divides His saints
From all the tribes of men beside;
He hears the cry of penitents,
For the dear sake of Christ that died.
When our obedient hands have done
A thousand works of righteousness
We put our trust in God alone,
And glory in His pardoning grace.
Let the unthinking many say,
Who will bestow some earthly good?
But Lord, Thy light and love we pray;
Our souls desire this heav’nly food.
Then shall my cheerful powers rejoice,
At grace and favors so divine;
Nor will I change my happy choice
For all their corn, and all their wine.