Lamentation Tonight

I cry out to you within my soul

For life is taking its terrible toll
I am burdened and in pain

My loss surely doesn’t seem like gain

How it came to this I do not know

I am overtaken by this blow

Trouble overwhelms my heart

And the deadly dangers won’t depart

Father I need your deliverance

From my helpless, hapless, hopeless stance

I need the way for you to show

Me in my mourning how to dance

Help me Lord I need You so

Oh this lamentation and this grief

From the searing pain  I need relief

Heal my broken, battered mind

Make obvious what I need to find.

Help me see beyond the tempter’s lies

Help me see hope through tear stained eyes

Help me in my unbelief

Give your gift of grace here in my grief

Father I need your deliverance

From my helpless, hapless, hopeless stance

Me in my mourning how to dance

I need the way for you to show

Help me Lord I need You so

Bridge

My heart and flesh cry out

Wavering in the depths of doubt

My God You are my only need

Pour out your presence now I plead

Father I need your deliverance

From my helpless, hapless, hopeless stance

I need the way for you to show

Me in my mourning how to dance

Help me Lord I need You so

Help me Lord I need You so

Help me Lord I need You so

May 31, 2021

Anthony Foster