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Text:My God, consider my distress
Author:Isaac Watts

378. My God, consider my distress

My God, consider my distress,
Let mercy plead my cause;
Though I have sinned against thy grace,
I can't forget thy laws.

Forbid, forbid the sharp reproach
Which I so justly fear;
Uphold my life, uphold my hopes,
Not let my shame appear.

Be thou a surety, Lord, for me,
Nor let the proud oppress;
But make thy waiting servant see
The shinings of thy face.

My eyes with expectation fail,
My heart within me cries,
"When will the Lord his truth fulfil,
And make my comforts rise?"

Look down upon my sorrows, Lord,
And show thy grace the same
As thou art ever wont t' afford
To those that love thy name.

Text Information
First Line: My God, consider my distress
Author: Isaac Watts
Meter: C. M.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1835
Scripture:
Topic: Comfort: holiness, and pardon; Desire: of comfort and deliverance
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