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Text:Breathing after Comfort and deliverance

CXIXl. Breathing after Comfort and deliverance

1 My GOD, consider my distress,
Let mercy plead my cause;
Though I have sinn'd against thy grace,
I can't forget thy laws.

2 Forbid, forbid the sharp reproach
Which I so justly fear;
Uphold my life, uphold my hopes,
Not let my shame appear.

3 Be thou a surety, LORD, for me;
Nor let the proud oppress;
But make thy waiting servant see
The shinings of thy face.

4 My eyes with expectation fail;
My heart within me cries,
"When will the LORD his truth fulfil,
"And make my comforts rise?"

5 Look down upon my sorrows, Lord,
And shew thy grace the same
As thou art ever wont t' afford
To those that love thy name.

Text Information
First Line: My GOD, consider my distress
Title: Breathing after Comfort and deliverance
Meter: Common Metre
Language: English
Publication Date: 1780
Scripture: ; ; ; ; ; ;
Notes: Public Domain.
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