Janet Baker sings the words from Psalm 37 accompanied by one of the most beautiful  melodies from Mendelssohn’s Elijah. There is no other oratorio that has provided more Scriptural comfort to me. From the desperate lines of the opening chorus, “Help, Lord!”, to the angelic quartet, “Cast Thy Burdens Upon the Lord”, to Elijah’s famous prayer on Mount Carmel before the prophets of Baal, to the thunderous, “Thanks Be to God!”, all of it is a reminder that God, in fact, intervenes in the affairs of men and protects, defends and upholds His people. Here are the words Janet Baker sings:

O rest in the Lord, wait patiently for Him,
And He shall give thee thy hearts desires.
Commit thy way to Him, and trust in Him,
And fret not thyself because of evil doers.
O rest in the Lord, and wait, wait patiently for Him.