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Hymn · Psalm 39

A Mourner's Entreaties

BOYLSTON · S.M. · words from The Psalter, 1912 · music Lowell Mason

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A Mourner's Entreaties on my but soon days they Thy re a pen an dent swer are how grace, quest; span; fail; am Lord, Thy end, make a re e Lord, 2. To 1. My O 4. I 3. here, fears, thought know, ter days, De And My My gard stran ger my nal me bid best am mour ing ner is and no give breath weak a the at I place. rest. man. frail. my my in as si years thought pil grim, not Thee to A turn To And thers my as it With But A How were, tears, nought, show pear spir my lence ap ful from fa The Psalter, 1912 BOYLSTON S.M. Lowell Mason, 1832
A Mourner's Entreaties on my but soon days they Thy re a pen an dent swer are how grace, quest; span; fail; am Lord, Thy end, make a re e Lord, 2. To 1. My O 4. I 3. here, fears, thought know, ter days, De And My My gard stran ger my nal me bid best am mour ing ner is and no give breath weak a the at I place. rest. man. frail. my my in as si years thought pil grim, not Thee to A turn To And thers my as it With But A How were, tears, nought, show pear spir my lence ap ful from fa The Psalter, 1912 BOYLSTON S.M. Lowell Mason, 1832

1.My end, Lord, make me know,
My days, how soon they fail;
And to my thoughtful spirit show
How weak I am and frail.

2.To Thy eternal thought
My days are but a span;
To Thee my years appear as nought,
A breath at best is man.

3.O Lord, regard my fears,
And answer my request;
turn not in silence from my tears,
But give the mourner rest.

4.I am a stranger here,
Dependent on Thy grace,
A pilgrim, as my fathers were,
With no abiding place.

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