And wilt Thou hear, O Lord
St. Joseph the Hymnographer • John Mason Neale • English
Primary Scripture: Esther 4:16
Verse 1
And wilt thou hear, O Lord, Thy suppliant people's cry? And pardon, though thy book record Our crimes of crimson dye?
Verse 2
So deep are they engraved, So terrible their fear: The righteous scarcely shall be saved, And where shall we appear?
Verse 3
Let us make all things known To him who all things sees: That so his blood may yet atone For our iniquities.
Verse 4
O thou, Physician blest, Make clean the guilty soul; And us, by many a sin oppressed, Restore, and keep us whole!