In Full Assurance of Thy Grace

Verse 1

In full assurance of Thy grace To Thee my prayer ascend; In Thy abounding love and truth, O God, salvation send.

Verse 2

Preserve my sinking soul, I pray, From tides of hatred save; Let not the waters overflow, Redeem me from the grave.

Verse 3

Because Thy mercy, Lord, is good, O answer me in grace, And in the riches of Thy love O turn to me Thy face.

Verse 4

Hide not Thy face from my distress, A speedy answer send; Draw near to me, my soul redeem, From all my foes defend.

Verse 5

Well known to Thee is my reproach, My shame and my disgrace; The adversaries of my soul Are all before Thy face.

Verse 6

My heart is broken by reproach, My soul is full of grief; I looked in vain for comforters, For pity and relief.

Verse 7

They gave me bitter gall for food, And taunting words they spake; They gave me vinegar to drink, My burning thirst to slake.

Verse 8

Their peace and plenty be their snare, In blindness let them grope; Thy indignation on them pour, And desolate their hope.

Verse 9

Because they proudly persecute Those whom Thou, Lord, dost smite, Let them be blotted from Thy book And banished from Thy sight.