Fits tune: Abridge
(\'Be Thou my Guardian and my Guide\')
Based on part of Psalm 116
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I love the Lord for He has heard
My voice, heeded each word
My supplications, humble, plain
I seek His grace again
Because He has His ear inclined
To me, \'tis now my mind
To call upon Him here as long
As I live, with joyful song
The sorrows of death compassed me
Pains of hell held me, see
I did find trouble, sorrow sore
But called on you e\'ermore
O Lord, here I do beseech
My soul deliver, reach
For you are gracious, righteous too
And have great mercies new
The Lord the simple does preserve
None of it I deserve
But by your grace, when I brought low
You to me help did show
Return unto your rest, my soul
The Lord shall make you whole
Bountifully has dealt with you
With blessings not a few
For you my soul have delivered
From death, my cries have heard
Have dried my tears, my feet have kept
In your ways when I wept
I will now before the Lord true walk
And in communion talk
With Him, in [the] land of living here
His presence always dear
What shall I to Him now render?
My shield, my defender
What give unto Him for benefits?
He my heart to Him knits
I shall cup of salvation take
That the offering make
And call upon Him my Lord, my King
Thus praise Him, to Him sing
I will give thanks, call in His name
Give Him His worth and fame
Pay my vows to Him, seek His way
He saves my soul each day