The Cyber Hymnal ‎#13220

13220. With My Whole Heart I've Sought Thy Face

1 With my whole heart I’ve sought Thy face:
O let me never stray
From Thy commands, O God of grace,
Nor tread the sinner’s way.

2 Thy word I’ve hid within my heart
To keep my conscience clean,
And be an everlasting guard
From every rising sin.

3 I’m a companion of the saints
Who fear and love the Lord;
My sorrows rise, my nature faints,
When men transgress Thy Word.

4 While sinners do Thy Gospel wrong
My spirit stands in awe;
My soul abhors a lying tongue,
But loves Thy righteous law.

5 My heart with sacred reverence hears
The threatenings of Thy Word;
My flesh with holy trembling fears
The judgments of the Lord.

6 My God, I long, I hope, I wait,
For Thy salvation still;
While Thy whole law is my delight,
And I obey Thy will.

Text Information

• First Line: With my whole heart I've sought Thy face
• Title: With My Whole Heart I've Sought Thy Face
• Author: Isaac Watts
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Source: The Psalms of David, 1719
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: HEREFORD
• Composer: Frederick Arthur Gore-Ouseley (1861)
• Meter: CM
• Key: B♭ Major
• Copyright: Public Domain