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Text: | Lord Jesus, Think on Me |
Author: | Synesius of Cyrene |
Translator: | Allen W. Chatfield |
Tune: | SOUTHWELL |
Media: | Audio recording |
1 Lord Jesus, think on me,
and purge away my sin.
From earthborn passions set me free,
and make me pure within.
2 Lord Jesus, think on me,
amid the battle's strife.
In all my pain and misery
be thou my health and life.
3 Lord Jesus, think on me,
nor let me go astray.
Through darkness and perplexity
point thou the heavenly way.
4 Lord Jesus, think on me,
that, when this life is past,
I may the eternal brightness see,
and share thy joy at last.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Lord Jesus, think on me |
Title: | Lord Jesus, Think on Me |
Author: | Synesius of Cyrene (5th cent.) |
Translator: | Allen W. Chatfield (1876, alt.) |
Meter: | SM |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2013 |
Scripture: | ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; |
Topic: | Confession; Eternal Life; Forgiveness(3 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | SOUTHWELL |
Meter: | SM |
Key: | e minor |
Source: | Daman’s Psalmes, 1579, alt. |
This text is among the oldest hymns in this book; its original Greek version dates from around the beginning of the 5th century. The stanzas used here come from a 19th-century paraphrase, whose simplicity and directness are well complemented by a 16th-century psalm tune.
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Audio recording: | Audio (MP3) |