Rock And Fortress (Esto Mihi in Rupem et Asylum- Psalm 31)

Since You are rock and high-walled stone,

For Your Great Name lead me aright;

Free me from traps laid out

alone,

And be my shelter in the night.

Into Your Hands my spirit goes,

O faithful God who set me free;

I turn my back on hollow foes,

And place my trust,

O Lord, in Thee.

In You, O Lord,

I cast my plea,

Let shame consume me not today; Turn down Your Ear and rescue

me,

Be Rock and Fortress on my way.

With joy I sing Your Love so deep,

You saw the grief that weighed me down; You kept me safe

from ruin’s steep,

And gave my feet a spacious ground.

Be merciful,

I cry in pain,

My eyes grow dim,

my body wanes;

My strength dissolves like falling rain,

And deep distress

wears down my frame.

By every neighbor cast aside,

A dread to friends who turn and flee;

Like broken clay tucked out of sight,

They pass and all forget me…

In te, Domine, speravi,

Non confundar in aeternum;

Inclina aurem tuam mihi,

Esto mihi in rupem et asylum.

Exsultabo

in misericordia tua,

Quoniam respexisti humilitatem meam; Salvasti de necessitatibus animam meam,

Et statuisti in loco spatioso pedes meos.