Hymnal 2:164

【24 Hours’ Presence】

1 Twenty-four hours' presence with me!

What a sweet and precious blessing!

Who is so close to me but You?

You're my present help in time of need.

3 Twenty-four hours' presence with me!

I count on You, pour out my heart.

You are my Beloved and best Friend,

Carry me ahead, and hold my hand.

Chorus:

Presence day and night, how warm and sweet!

With You by my side I'm not alone.

Presence day and night, joined heart to heart!

Living with You, I taste heav'nly bliss.

【Psalm‬ ‭141‬:‭1‬-‭10】

A Psalm of David.

1 O Lord, I call upon you; hasten to me! Give ear to my voice when I call to you!

2 Let my prayer be counted as incense before you, and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice!

3 Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips!

4 Do not let my heart incline to any evil, to busy myself with wicked deeds in company with men who work iniquity, and let me not eat of their delicacies!

5 Let a righteous man strike me—it is a kindness; let him rebuke me—it is oil for my head; let my head not refuse it. Yet my prayer is continually against their evil deeds.

6 When their judges are thrown over the cliff, then they shall hear my words, for they are pleasant.

7 As when one plows and breaks up the earth, so shall our bones be scattered at the mouth of Sheol.

8 But my eyes are toward you, O God, my Lord; in you I seek refuge; leave me not defenseless!

9 Keep me from the trap that they have laid for me and from the snares of evildoers!

10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass by safely.

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