Tune: St Anne
(\'O God our help in ages past\')
Partly based on Isaiah 65 v.5
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Stand not by me in person, be
A distance off from me (2 metres)
Though meaning it physically
Yet not spiritually
For \'tis for good of all concerned
We have guidance discerned
Put into practice, our part play
Longing for healing days
Not in sense, Come not near me for
I holier for sure
Than you are, do not me approach
Or I thus you reproach
Yet truth, there are favourites none
Impartial to each one
Is the Lord, and forgiven we
Are, if penitent, see