A song for our time

Today we heard a sermon from Psalm 10 from Rev Dean Carroll. I was leading the service so was looking for songs that we could use that were appropriate. So I looked at the Scripture Index in the Rejoice songbook of Presbyterian Church of Victoria. We didn't sing the song, but I used these words as a benediction.

It is truly a song for our time.


In my hour of grief or need
When a friend is friend indeed,

Now, when Satan walks abroad,
Be not far from me, O Lord.

When the powers of evil ride
Through the world in open pride,
Flaunted sins and boasted shame
Bring contempt upon Your Name,
When the godless man is strong,
When his mouth is filled with wrong,
Bitterness, deceit and fraud,
Be not far from me, O Lord.

When the poor becomes his prey,
When the weak are led astray,
Right is wrong and truth is lies:
Then, O Lord our God, arise!

Timothy Dudley Smith – Rejoice 496