Smile on Thy Servant

Verse 1

Smile on Thy servant, bounteous LORD! Grant me to live, and keep Thy Word: Grand me to view, with eyes unsealed, The wonders by Thy law revealed:

Verse 2

Nor hide Thy will, while far from home A stranger here on earth I roam; While pines my soul with restless love Thy righteous judgments, LORD, to prove.

Verse 3

Who proudly from Thy precepts stray, Marks of Thy wrath, accursed are they. But, O, for me, who keep Thy will, Do Thou the storm of malice still!

Verse 4

Tho' shame and scorn beset me round, And princes seek my name to wound. Thy laws Thy servant's thoughts employ, My counsellors, my dearest joy!