How long, O Lord, shall I complain
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How long, O Lord, shall I complain,Like one that seeks his God in vain?How long my soul thine absence mourn,And still despair of thy return?
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How long shall my poor troubled breastBe with these anxious thoughts opprest?If thou withhold thy heavenly light,I sleep in everlasting night.
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Hear, Lord, and grant me quick relief,Thy mercy now shall end my grief;For I have trusted in thy grace,And shall again behold thy face.