Sing and Be Happy

Sing and Be Happy

 

Though poor and needy, O Lord, oft am I,

 Thou hearest my prayer when to Thee I cry.

Whene’er I am sad, Thou givest a song;

 I’ll sing and be happy--to Thee I belong!

 

For who in the heaven unto Thee can compare?

 Thy great faithfulness will I declare!

I have praised Thy Name from my earliest youth;

 Teach me Thy way, and I’ll walk in Thy truth.

 

Though only a doorkeeper I am called to be,

 Cheerful I’ll labor, dear Lord, for Thee.

To do Thy will is all my delight;

 I pray unto Thee both day and night.

 

Blessed I’ll be if I make Thee my trust;

 For all Thy ways are holy and just.

Of Thy mercies I’ll sing forever and ever;

 For Thou, O Lord, will forsake me never!

 

 

Ps. 40:3,4,8,10,16; 42:3; 84:10; 86:1,3,11,12; 89:1,6