O, speak that gracious word again, And cheer my drooping heart! No voice but thine can soothe my pain, Or bid my fears depart. | And canst thou still vouchsafe to own A wretch so vile as I? And may I still approach thy throne, And Abba, Father, cry? | Oh then let saints and angels join, And help me to proclaim, The grace that healed a breach like mine, And put my foes to shame! | How oft did Satan’s cruel boast My troubled soul affright! He told me I was surely lost, And GOD had left me quite. Ps 71:11 | Guilt made me fear, lest all were true The lying tempter said! But now the LORD appears in view, My enemy is fled. | My Savior, by his pow’rful word, Has turned my night to day; And his salvation’s joys restored, Which I had sinned away. | Dear LORD I wonder and adore, Thy grace is all divine; Oh keep me, that I sin no more Against such love as thine! | |