My spirit on Thy care
My spirit on Thy care. Henry Francis Lyte* (1793-1847).
From the Second Edition of The Spirit of the Psalms, or, The Psalms of David adapted to Christian Worship (1834). It was the second version of Psalm 31. It demonstrates very well what the First Edition of The Spirit of the Psalms called ‘a compressed version of select portions of the Psalms of David’, for it is a four-stanza version of a psalm of 27 verses. Verse 1, ‘In thee, O Lord, have I put my trust’ is found in stanza 2 line 1; but apart from that it is a summary of the psalm rather than a paraphrase:
My spirit on Thy care, Blest Saviour, I recline; Thou wilt not leave me to despair, For Thou art Love divine.
In Thee I...
If you have a valid subscription to Dictionary of Hymnology, please log inlog in to view this content. If you require a subscription, please click here.
MLA style (see MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing, 3rd Ed.)
. "My spirit on Thy care."
The Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology. Canterbury Press. Web. 16 Jul. 2025.<
http://www.hymnology.co.uk/m/my-spirit-on-thy-care>.
Chicago style (see The Chicago Manual of Style, 16th Ed.)
. "My spirit on Thy care."
The Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology. Canterbury Press, accessed July 16, 2025,
http://www.hymnology.co.uk/m/my-spirit-on-thy-care.