"Hear, Lord, The Voice of My Complaint"

“Hear, Lord, The Voice of My Complaint” is a paraphrase of the Bible’s Psalm 64. The famous Gospel hymns publisher, William B. Bradbury, set “Hear, Lord, The Voice of My Complaint” to music. Bradbury was born in York, Maine and studied to be a musician under Lowell Mason. He published at least fifty-nine different American hymnbooks. He also studied in Germany. He is known as the founder of music conventions in New Jersey.

While “Hear, Lord, The Voice of My Complaint” is probably not one of Bradbury’s more notable songs, Bradbury has written and published some hymns that are very famous today, such as, “Jesus Loves Me, This I Know,” “Sweet Hour of Prayer,” and “My Hope is Built on Nothing Less.”

“Hear, Lord, The Voice of My Complaint”

Hear, Lord, the voice of my complaint,
Preserve my life from fear;
Hide me from plotting enemies
And evil, crowding near.
The workers of iniquity,
Their deadly shafts prepare;
They aim at me their treacherous words;
O save me from their snare.

The wicked in their base designs
Grow arrogant and bold;
Conspiring secretly, they think
That God will not behold;
They search out more iniquity,
Their thoughts and plans are deep,
But God will smite, for He is near
His saints to guard and keep.

The wicked, by their sins o’ercome,
Shall soon be brought to shame;
The hand of God shall yet appear,
And all shall fear His Name.
The just shall triumph in the Lord,
Their trust shall be secure,
And endless glory then shall crown
The upright and the pure.

“Hear, Lord, The Voice of My Complaint” is actually set to a musical piece written by William B. Bradbury called “Monora.” It was published as a song of praise.

“Hear, Lord, The Voice of My Complaint”

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