On God Alone My Soul Relies

On God alone my soul relies,
And He will soon relieve;
The Lord will hear my plaintive cries
At morning, noon, and eve.

He has redeemed my soul in peace,
From conflict set me free;
My many foes are made to cease,
And strive no more with me.

The living God in righteousness
Will recompense with shame
The men, who hardened by success,
Forget to fear His Name.

All treacherous friends who overreach
And break their plighted troth,
Who hide their hate with honeyed speech
With such the Lord is wroth.

Upon the Lord thy burden cast
To Him bring all thy care;
He will sustain and hold thee fast,
And give thee strength to bear.

God will not let His saints be moved;
Protected, they will shall see
Their foes cut off and sin reproved;
O God, I trust in Thee.

Author: Unknown

This appears to be a metrical paraphrase of Psalm 55. The style, vocabulary, and phrasing (e.g., 'plighted troth', 'honeyed speech', 'recompense with shame') closely match the work of The Psalter (1912/1927), a collection of psalm versifications produced by the United Presbyterian Church. Individual authors for most of its paraphrases are not identified in the source.