Tune: Doncaster
(\'Put thou thy trust in God\')
Based on a prayer of Thomas á Kempis
[German monk, 15th Century]
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1. Grant me, Lord, devotion
May each thought, each notion
Be with your grace enabling me
To your holy ways see
2. O Lord, you are all good
I worship as I should
Though I mere dust, a worm, you bid
Me, you from me not hid
3. Remember me, Lord, do
Nothing I have, save you
You do all things, you fill all things
My soul humbly you sings
4. Be merciful to me
Fill my heart, may I see
Your graces true, I worthless not
In you my fine fare lot
5. How can I here endure
Without your grace, the cure
To aid me through life of sorrows
You each one\'s burdens knows
6. Strengthen me with you grace
And mercy too, your face
Turn not from me, to me come soon
I rest in you, in tune
7. Withdraw not help from me
Or else I then shall be
Like waterless desert, my soul
Shall be dried and unwhole
8. Teach me Lord here, your will
To live humbly, meek, still
And worthily live in your sight
Who dispel dark and night
9. You are my Wisdom all
I ever on you call
You know me truly, before I
E\'en uttered my first cry