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Hymn · Psalm 39

A Mourner's Entreaties

ST. MICHAEL · S.M. · words from The Psalter, 1912 · music William Crotch

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A Mourner's Entreaties a Thy re they dent swer are how pen an days days, soon on my but grace, quest; span; fail; am Lord, Lord, Thy end, stran gard ter make a re e To 1. My 2. 4. I 3. O here, fears, thought know, De And My My ger my nal me bid mour best am the a ing ner is and no give breath weak I at place. rest. man. frail. grim, in my my pil not Thee to as si years thought A turn To And were, tears, nought, show thers my as it With But A How my lence ap ful fa from pear spir The Psalter, 1912 ST. MICHAEL S.M. William Crotch, 1836
A Mourner's Entreaties a Thy re they dent swer are how pen an days days, soon on my but grace, quest; span; fail; am Lord, Lord, Thy end, stran gard ter make a re e To 1. My 2. 4. I 3. O here, fears, thought know, De And My My ger my nal me bid mour best am the a ing ner is and no give breath weak I at place. rest. man. frail. grim, in my my pil not Thee to as si years thought A turn To And were, tears, nought, show thers my as it With But A How my lence ap ful fa from pear spir The Psalter, 1912 ST. MICHAEL S.M. William Crotch, 1836

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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