Trouble

TROUBLE

by HELEN STEINER RICE



GOD HELP US TO ACCEPT YOUR LOVE
THAT YOU OFFER US SO FREELY
AND MAKE US EVER THANKFUL
THAT YOU GIVE IT LAVISHLY
BUT MAKE US ALSO CONSCIOUS
THAT YOUR LOVE COMES IN MANY WAYS
AND NOT ALWAYS JUST AS HAPPINESS
AND BRIGHT AND SHINING DAYS
BUT OFTEN YOU SEND TROUBLE
AND WE FOOLISHLY REJECT IT
NOT REALIZING THAT IT IS YOUR WILL
AND WE SHOULD JOYOUSLY ACCEPT IT
AND IN TROUBLE AND IN GLADNESS
WE CAN ALWAYS HEAR YOUR VOICE
IF WE LISTEN IN THE SILENCE
AND FIND A REASON TO REJOICE.








SHEW THY MARVELLOUS LOVINGKINDNESS,
O THOU THAT SAVEST BY THY RIGHT HAND
THEM WHICH PUT THEIR TRUST IN THEE FROM
THOSE THAT RISE UP AGAINST THEM.



PSALM 17:7
KJV



SAVE ME FROM THEM! DELIVER MY LIFE
FROM THEIR POWER! OH, LET IT NEVER BE
SAID THAT I TRUSTED YOU IN VAIN!



PSALM 25:20
TLB



ARISE, O LORD; SAVE ME, O MY GOD!
FOR THOU HAST SMITTEN ALL MY ENEMIES ON THE CHEEK;
THOU HAST SHATTERED THE TEETH OF THE WICKED.
SALVATION BELONGS TO THE LORD;
THY BLESSING BE UPON
THY PEOPLE!



PSALM 3:7-8
NAS



SAVE THY PEOPLE, AND BLESS THINE INHERITANCE:
FEED THEM ALSO, AND LIFT THEM UP FOR EVER.



PSALM 28:9
KJV



TURN, O LORD, AND DELIVER ME;
SAVE ME BECAUSE OF YOUR UNFAILING LOVE.



PSALM 6:4
NIV



REACH DOWN FROM HEAVEN AND RESCUE ME;
DELIVER ME FROM DEEP WATERS,
FROM THE POWER OF MY ENEMIES.



PSALM 144:7
NLT