Hymnal: The Psalter #106 (1912) Meter: 6.6.8.6 First Line: What wait I for but Thee? Lyrics: 1 What wait I for but Thee?
My hope is in thy Name;
From all my sins deliver me,
Nor put my soul to shame.
2 I suffered silently,
Because Thy will is best;
Remove Thy heavy stroke from me,
For I am sore distressed.
3 When sin thou dost repay
And chasten and restrain,
Man's beauty quickly fades away;
Yea, human life is vain.
4 O Lord, regard my fears,
And answer my request;
Turn not in silence from my tears,
But give the mourner rest.
5 I am a stranger here,
Dependent on Thy grace,
A pilgrim, as my fathers were,
With no abiding place.
6 O spare me and restore
My failing strength, I pray;
Ere I go hence and be no more,
The hand of judgment stay.
Topics: Afflictions Comfort under; Afflictions For sin; Afflictions From God; Christians Pilgrims and Strangers; Death At Hand; Grace Sustaining; Hope; Life Brevity and Uncertainty of; Life Sorrowful and Vain; Man Mortal and Frail; Old Age; Pilgrim Spirit; Prayer Complaint in; Prayer For Deliverance from Trouble; Prayer Pleas in; Resignation; Sickness From God; Sickness Prayers under; Vanity Of Men and Riches Scripture: Psalm 39 Languages: English Tune Title: DULCE DOMUM
Chastened Submission