Mortality and Immortality

Verse 1

Before my journey is complete My vigor fails, my years decline; My God, O spare me, I entreat; The days of life are wholly Thine.

Verse 2

O cut not short my life's brief day, O thou Whose years eternal run, Thou Who didst earth's foundations lay, Creator of the stars and sun.

Verse 3

The earth and heavens shall pass away, Like vesture worn and laid aside, But changeless thou shalt live for aye, Thy years forever shall abide.

Verse 4

Thy servants' children shall remain For ever more before Thy face; Enduring honor they shall gain, Established ever in thy grace.