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Text:Ever Waiting for the Lord
Tune:[From the depths do I invoke Thee]
Composer:William H. Young

338. Ever Waiting for the Lord

1 From the depths do I invoke Thee;
O Jehovah, give an ear;
To my voice be Thou attentive
And my supplication hear.

Refrain:
I am waiting, waiting,
Waiting, ever waiting for the Lord;
I am waiting, waiting,
Ever waiting for the Lord.

2 Lord, if Thou shouldst mark transgressions,
Who before Thee, Lord, shall stand?
But with Thee there is forgiveness
That Thy name may fear command. [Refrain]

3 For Jehovah I am waiting,
And my hope is in His word,
In His word of promise given;
Yea, my soul waits for the Lord. [Refrain]

4 For the Lord my soul is waiting,
More than watchers in the night,
More than they for morning watching,
Watching for the morning light. [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: From the depths do I invoke Thee
Title: Ever Waiting for the Lord
Refrain First Line: I am waiting, waiting
Publication Date: 1916
Scripture:
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: [From the depths do I invoke Thee]
Composer: William H. Young
Notes: Public Domain.



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