"Delight thyself also in the Lord..."

We sang a hymn last week at church that spoke my heart's cry in recent weeks. It is based on Psalm 37:4.

"O Lord, I would delight in thee,
And on thy care depend;
To thee in ev'ry trouble flee,
My best, my only Friend.

"When all created streams are dried,
Thy fulness is the same;
May I with this be satisfied,
And glory in thy Name.

"O that I had a stronger faith,
To look within the veil!
To credit what my Saviour saith,
Whose Word can never fail!

"He that has made my heav'n secure,
Will here all good provide;
While Christ is rich, can I be poor?
What can I want beside?

"O Lord, I cast my care on thee;
I triumph and adore;
Henceforth my great concern shall be
To love and please thee more."

- John Ryland, 1777