CPWI Hymnal ‎#122

122. O thou who dost to man accord

1 O thou who dost to man accord
his highest prize, his best reward,
thou hope of all our race;
Jesu, to thee we now draw near,
our earnest supplications hear,
who humbly seek thy face.

2 With self-accusing voice within
our conscience tells of many a sin
in thought, and word, and deed:
O cleanse that conscience from all stain,
the penitent restore again,
from every burthen freed.

3 If thou reject us, who shall give
our fainting spirits strength to live?
’Tis thine alone to spare;
with cleansèd hearts to pray aright,
and find acceptance in thy sight,
be this our lowly prayer.

4 ’Tis thou has blessed this solemn fast;
so may its days by us be passed
in self-control severe,
that, when our Easter morn we hail,
its mystic feast we may not fail
to keep with conscience clear.

5 O blessèd Trinity, bestow
thy pardoning grace on us below,
and shield us evermore;
until, within thy courts above,
we see thy face, and sing thy love,
and with thy saints adore.

Text Information

• First Line: O thou who dost to man accord
• Latin Title: Summi largitor praemii
• Author (attributed to): Gregory I , 540-604
• Translator: John William Hewitt, 1824-1886
• Meter: 8.8.6.8.8.6.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2010
• Topic: Hymns for the Church Year: Lent
• Source: Tr.: Verses by a Country Curate, 1859

Tune Information

• Name: INNSBRUCK
• Composer: Heinrich Isaac, 1450 to 55-1517
• Meter: 8.8.6.8.8.6.
• Key: G Major