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Text:Lord, in Thy Sight, O Let My Prayer
Author:Anonymous
Tune:COMPTON
Composer:Henry Greatorex

3920. Lord, in Thy Sight, O Let My Prayer

1. Lord, in Thy sight, O let my prayer
Like morning incense rise;
My lifted hands accepted be
An evening sacrifice.

2. From hasty language curb my tongue,
And let a constant guard
Still keep the portal of my lips
With wary silence barred.

3. From wicked men’s designs and deeds
My heart and hands restrain;
Nor let me share their evil works,
Or their unrighteous gain.

4. Let upright men reprove my faults,
And I shall think them kind;
Like healing oil upon my head
I their reproof shall find.

Text Information
First Line: Lord, in Thy sight, O let my prayer
Title: Lord, in Thy Sight, O Let My Prayer
Author: Anonymous
Meter: CM
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain
Notes: Paraphrase of Psalm 141
Tune Information
Name: COMPTON
Composer: Henry Greatorex (1851)
Meter: CM
Incipit: 33212 17554 34322
Key: A Major
Source: A Collection of Psalm and Hymn Tunes, Chants, Anthems, and Sentences, by Henry W. Greatorex (Boston, Massachusetts: Oliver Ditson & Company, 1851), page 2
Copyright: Public Domain



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