Why Weepest Thou?

Verse 1

Why, O my soul, why weepest thou? Tell me from whence arise Those briny tears that often flow, Those groans that pierce the skies?

Verse 2

Is sin the cause of thy complaint, Or the chastising rod? Dost thou an evil heart lament, And mourn an absent God?

Verse 3

Lord, let me weep for nouht but sin, And after none but thee, And then, I would, O that I might! A constant weeper be!