Create in Me (Psalm 51)

Tune: Logan’s Lament

Words: Kiran Young Wimberly © 2022

Have mercy on me, O loving God
With your flowing compassion cleanse me
Wash me kindly and gently till I am returned
To the child I’m created to be

Create in me a clean heart, O God
And renew a right spirit within me
May I never doubt your spirit all about
And restore me into your joy

In my inmost heart, may your wisdom abound
Take away all the layers that hide me
Accept me with all that is broken within
May I sing your songs once again

Create in me a clean heart, O God
And renew a right spirit within me
May I never doubt your spirit all about
And restore me into your joy

I will lift my soul, for to you I’ll sing praise
O God of my salvation
For the only sacrifice that you need
Is a heart that is willing to mend

Create in me a clean heart, O God
And renew a right spirit within me
May I never doubt your spirit all about
And restore me into your joy

You’re the Hope (Psalm 65)

Tune: Rathlin Island (Brian Connors)

Words: Kiran Young Wimberly © 2022

You’re the hope of the farthest oceans
And the hope of the ends of earth
You redeem us from all our sorrows
You bring hope when a new day comes

Will you listen and will you answer
When our sorrows overwhelm
When the dark clouds gather round us
You bring light when the morning comes

You’re the hope of the farthest oceans
And the hope of the ends of earth
You redeem us from all our sorrows
You bring hope when a new day comes

By your strength you have formed the mountains
And you silence the stormy sea
When our hearts are in roaring tumult
You bring peace when the evening comes

You’re the hope of the farthest oceans
And the hope of the ends of earth
You redeem us from all our sorrows
You bring hope when a new day comes

Great redeemer of all creation
Great salvation of all that lives
When our spirits are filled with sadness
You bring joy when tomorrow comes

You’re the hope of the farthest oceans
And the hope of the ends of earth
You redeem us from all our sorrows
You bring hope when a new day comes

Sing a Joyful Song (Psalm 66)

Tune: The Old Cross of Ardboe

Words: Kiran Young Wimberly © 2022

Sing a joyful song unto our God
All earth, be glad and sing
Sing out of all God’s gracious ways
Of all the blessings shown
We will raise our voices, sing our praise
Give thanks with grateful hearts
For our loving God has heard our prayers
And answered when we called

You have turned the sea into dry land
And led us from fire and storm
You have kept our feet from stumbling
Led us to a spacious place
May the sound of thanks ring strong and clear
For God has come to help
I will bring to God my offering
My heart, my life, my soul

O Come and hear, and I will tell
What God has done for me
I cried aloud when I was lost
You came to comfort me
You heard my prayer and listened well
When I was all alone
Blessed be our God who hears us now,
Whose love will never cease

Sing a joyful song unto our God
All earth be glad and sing

Love and Mercy (Psalm 85)

Tune: Lovely Molly

Words: Kiran Young Wimberly © 2022

For love and mercy shall evermore meet
And justice and peace shall greet with a kiss
From the ground shall spring kindness
Goodness will shine from the skies
And God will bring healing
And the people will sing

God of my Salvation (Psalm 88)

Tune: Bean Dubh a Ghleanna

Words: Kiran Young Wimberly © 2022

O God of my salvation
In the night I call out unto your presence
Let my prayer come before you and hear my cry
My soul is filled with troubles
My life draws near to the edge of death
I am like the ones who have no help
Like those forsaken and alone
Like those who lie down into the grave
Like those whom you no more remember
Like those who are cut off from your generous and loving hand
My eyes grow dim with all my sorrow
I lift my hands and cry to you

O God of my salvation
In the morning I call out unto your presence
Let my prayer come before you and hear my cry
O why have you cast me off
Why do you hide your face from me
I am swept away by the mighty floods
Do you work wonders for the forgotten
Does your love reach into the grave
Do you remember the forsaken
Do you extend a saving hand to the abandoned ones
Do you shine out into the darkness
Into a land where no light can be seen at all

O God of my salvation
Each day and night I call out unto your presence
Let my prayer come before you and hear my cry

From Dust We Came (Psalm 90)

Tune: Casadh an t’Súgáin

Words: Kiran Young Wimberly © 2022

O you have been our dwelling place for all time
For generations we come to you to hear our prayers
Before the mountains ascended, before the earth came to be
From everlasting to everlasting you are God

From dust we came and to dust we return to you my God
For a thousand years are as yesterday in your eyes
You sweep them away as a morning’s dream
As grass that withers in the eve
Teach us to count our every day with wise hearts

For all our years come to an end with a sigh
All that we have done and left undone is in your sight
On all our pain and brokenness you shine your light of love
When all our days come to an end, we fly away

From dust we came and to dust we return to you my God
For a thousand years are as yesterday in your eyes
You sweep them away as a morning’s dream
As grass that withers in the eve
Teach us to count our every day with wise hearts

How long until you turn to us, O God of love
May your compassion come to us and fill our hearts
Satisfy us in the morning with love that never dies
So that all our days may be filled with glad rejoicing

From dust we came and to dust we return to you my God
For a thousand years are as yesterday in your eyes
You sweep them away as a morning’s dream
As grass that withers in the eve
Teach us to count our every day with wise hearts
Teach us to count our every day with wise hearts…