Mercy Like A Shining Shield (Psalm 40)

(hummmm) Righteousness unhidden,

Faithfulness declared aloud,

Love for all to see.

Hold me not apart,

Mercy like a shining shield,

Keep me safe and true.

Shadows without end,

Sins wash over like a tide,

Fainting is my heart.

Haste to rescue me,

Lifting eyes to Heaven’s Door,

Come, Lord, help me now.

Let the hunters fall,

Turn their malice back in shame,

Scatter all their wrath.

Mockers turned to ash,

Staring at their empty pride,

Covered in defeat.

Let the seekers sing,

Joyful in Your Warm Embrace,

“God is great,” they cry.

Poor and needing Grace,

Think of me, O Lord of Life—

Help and Savior, come. (ahhhh) (hummmm)