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With firm resolve I held my peace
And spake not either bad or good,
Lest I should utter sinful thoughts
While wicked men before me stood.
While I was dumb
my grief was stirred,
My heart grew hot
with thought suppressed;
The while I mused the fire increased,
Then to the Lord I made request.
Make me, O Lord, to know my end,
Teach me the measure of my days,
That I may know how frail I am
And turn from pride and sinful ways.
My time is nothing in Thy sight,
Behold, my days are but a span;
Yea, truly, at his best estate,
A breath, a fleeting breath, is man.
Man’s life is passed in vain desire
If troubled years be spent for gain;
He knows not whose
his wealth shall be,
And all his toil is but in vain.
And now, O Lord, what wait I for?
I have no hope except in Thee;
Let not ungodly men reproach,
From all transgressions set me free.
Because Thou didst it I was dumb,
I spoke no word of rash complaint;
Remove Thy stroke away from me,
Beneath Thy chastisement I faint.
When Thou for his iniquity
Rebukest and correctest man,
His beauty is consumed away;
How weak his strength,
how vain his plan.
Lord, hear my prayer, regard my cry;
I weep; be Thou my Comforter.
I am a stranger here below,
A pilgrim as my fathers were.
O spare me, Lord, avert Thy wrath,
Deal gently with me, I implore,
That I may yet recover strength
Ere I go hence and be no more.
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LYRICS
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Meter:
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8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
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Bible Refs:
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Ps 39;
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MUSIC
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Name:
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BERA
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Meter:
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8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
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Dates:
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1849
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LIST OF MUSIC SOURCES
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Hymn/Song Book
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