Lord, Teach Us How to Pray Aright

Verse 1

Lord, teach us how to pray aright, With rev'rence and with fear; Tho' dust and ashes in your sight, We may, we must draw near. We perish if we cease from pray'r; Oh! grant us pow'r to pray; And when to meet you we prepare, Lord, meet us by the way.

Verse 2

Burdened with guilt, convinced of sin, In weakness, want, and woe, Fightings without, and fears within, Lord, where else shall we go? God of all grace, we bring to you A broken, contrite heart; Give what your eye delights to view; Truth in the inward part.

Verse 3

Give deep humility; the sense Of godly sorrow give, A strong, desiring confidence To hear your voice and live, Faith in the only Sacrifice That can for sin atone, To cast our hopes, to fix our eyes On Christ, on Christ alone:

Verse 4

Patience to watch, and wait, and weep, Tho' mercy long delay, Courage, our fainting souls to keep, And trust you, tho' you slay. Give these, and then your will be done; Thus strengthened with all might, We, thru' your Spirit and your Son, Shall pray, and pray aright.