Have mercy, Thou my God; mercy, my God; For I can hardly bear life day by day: Be I here or there I fret myself away: Lo for Thy staff I have but felt Thy rod Along this tedious desert path long trod. When will Thy judgement judge me, Yea or Nay? I pray for grace; but then my sins unpray My prayer: on holy ground I fool stand shod. While still Thou haunts't me, faint upon the cross, A sorrow beyond sorrow in Thy look, Unutterable craving for my soul. All faithful Thou, Lord: I, not Thou, forsook Myself; I traitor slunk back from the goal: Lord, I repent; help Thou my helpless loss. |