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Anne Steele

O That The Lord would Hear My Cry

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1 O that the Lord would hear my cry,
And stay his anger lest I die!
Thy wrath is just–yet, Oh, forgive!
And let a mourning sinner live.

2 Shouldst thou my body crush to dust,
I still must say that God is just;
But yet I hope thy grace to share,
That mercy will the sinner spare.

3 In all my frame, without, within,
I feel the sad effects of sin;
How long, my God, must I complain,
And deprecate thy wrath in vain?

4 Oh should I die deprived of thee?
What being else can succor me?
Thy frowns would rend my soul in death,
And sink it to the depth beneath.

5 Ye darling sins that plague me so,
the greatest enemies I know,
Depart–for God hath heard my prayer,
And will not let me long despair.

6 No; I shall yet his goodness bless;
And when this transient life shall pass,
Then full of glory, I shall prove
He can be just, and sinners love.


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      O That The Lord would Hear My Cry

      1 O that the Lord would hear my cry,
      And stay his anger lest I die!
      Thy wrath is just–yet, Oh, forgive!
      And let a mourning sinner live.

      2 Shouldst thou my body crush to dust,
      I still must say that God is just;
      But yet I hope thy grace to share,
      That mercy will the sinner spare.

      3 In all my frame, without, within,
      I feel the sad effects of sin;
      How long, my God, must I complain,
      And deprecate thy wrath in vain?

      4 Oh should I die deprived of thee?
      What being else can succor me?
      Thy frowns would rend my soul in death,
      And sink it to the depth beneath.

      5 Ye darling sins that plague me so,
      the greatest enemies I know,
      Depart–for God hath heard my prayer,
      And will not let me long despair.

      6 No; I shall yet his goodness bless;
      And when this transient life shall pass,
      Then full of glory, I shall prove
      He can be just, and sinners love.