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Text:No Longer, Lord, Despise Me
Versifier:Rev. Edward A. Collier
Tune:PLEADING
Arranger:H. P. Steenhuis
Composer:L. Bourgeois

11. No Longer, Lord, Despise Me

1 No longer, Lord despise me,
Nor in thy wrath chastise me,
Thy mercy I implore.
How long Thine anger cherish?
Consumed thereby I perish;
My soul is troubled sore.

2 To me, O Lord, returning,
Save Thou, with pity yearning.
Shall death Thy memory keep?
Or shall the grave confess Thee?
Or I give thanks and bless Thee,
While day and night I weep?

3 The Lord will ever hear me,
And when I pray be near me,
To put my foes to shame;
Turned back, no more to grieve me,
They suddenly shall leave me.
All glory to His Name!

Text Information
First Line: No longer, Lord, despise me
Title: No Longer, Lord, Despise Me
Versifier: Rev. Edward A. Collier
Meter: 7 7 6 D.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1934
Scripture:
Topic: Chastisements; Death; Deliverance from Death (2 more...)
Tune Information
Name: PLEADING
Composer: L. Bourgeois (1551)
Arranger: H. P. Steenhuis (1899)
Meter: 7 7 6 D.
Key: e minor or modal
Source: Dutch Psalter, Psalm 6



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