I cried aloud to God for help I prayed that God would hear When I was plunged in deep distress I sought the Lord in prayer At night I stretched untiring hands Relief my soul refused Rememb'ring You, O God, I groaned With longing as I mused In my distress I could not speak From sleep You kept my eye I thought about the former days The years which have gone by ♪ Throughout the watches of the night My songs I called to mind I pondered deeply while my heart An answer tried to find For ever will the Lord reject And never show His grace? Has He withdrawn His steadfast love And turned from me His face? For all time has His promised failed? Is God no longer kind? Has He in His great wrath dismissed Compassion from His mind? ♪ Then to my heart there came this thought "On this I will rely The years of the right hand of pow'r Of Him who is Most High" I will recall the Lord's great deeds Your works of long ago I'll meditate on all Your acts Your mighty deeds I'll show O God, most holy are your ways What god compares with You? You are the God of miracles Whose pow'r the nations view