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| MY God, I know that those who plead | |
| To thee for grace and mercy need | |
| All their good works should go before | |
| And wait for them at heaven’s high door. | |
| But no good deed have I to bring, | 5 |
| No righteousness for offering, | |
| No service for my Lord and King. | |
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| Yet hide not thou thy face from me, | |
| Nor cast me out afar from thee; | |
| But when thou bidd’st my life to cease, | 10 |
| O mayst thou lead me forth in peace | |
| Unto the world to come, to dwell | |
| Among the pious ones, who tell | |
| Thy glories inexhaustible. | |
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| There let my portion be with those | 15 |
| Who to Eternal life arose; | |
| There purify my heart aright, | |
| In thy light to behold the light. | |
| Raise me from deepest depths to share | |
| Heaven’s endless joys of praise and prayer, | 20 |
| That I may evermore declare. | |
| Though thou wast angered, Lord, I will give thanks to thee, | |
| For past is now thy wrath, and thou dost comfort me. | |
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