This Husband and This wife (Wedding, C/D)

VERSE 1

You made a little boy and grew him to a man

You brought him to this lovely one who gently took his hands 

He looked into her eyes, they made a vow for life

O Lord we thank You for this husband and this wife

CHORUS:
We thank You Lord, for Your power through the years

As they follow in Your footsteps into love that keeps them near

And even though their griefs might cut them like a knife                                                                                                                 

Let no power but death divide this husband and this wife

VERSE 2

When the years mark off their anniversaries

Let the vows they make today be more than memories

And in their faithfulness, may they bless our lives

O Lord we thank You for this husband and this wife

CHORUS    

VERSE 1

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We thank You for this husband and this wife

©Charlotte Ryerson 2002, new version 2026

FOR THY COVENANT MERCIES’ SAKE (PSALM 6)

VERSE 1 

O Lord rebuke me not in Thine anger, nor chasten me in Thy hot displeasure 

Have mercy on me, O Lord for I am weak, O Lord heal me!

O Lord I’m weary with all of my groaning, all night my bed is swimming

I grow old with grief from all my enemies, O Lord help me

REFRAIN

Heal me, help me, my soul, my bones are troubled

How long must I wait, down in the grave who can thank Thee?

Heal me, help me, my soul, my bones, are troubled

O Yaweh save me, for Thy covenant mercies’ sake

VERSE 2:

Return to me O Lord, and deliver, raise up my soul from this dark prison

This lonely gloom, like a forgotten tomb, O Lord free me!

Depart from me, ye workers of evil, God hears all of my weeping

He has heard my voice and He has heard my prayer, He receives it!

REFRAIN

BRIDGE:

Let all my enemies now be troubled, in sudden shame and vexation 

Lord Thou art steadfast when I suffer,  Thou hast heard my supplication!

REFRAIN

©Charlotte Ryerson 2026