Classic Poem

My God and guide most just;
1. I lift my heart to thee, My God and guide most just;
I lift my heart to thee,
For in thee do I trust.
Now suffer me to take no shame, For in thee do I trust.
Now suffer me to take no shame,
Now suffer me to take no shame,
And teach me, I thee pray;
Direct me in thy truth, And teach me, I thee pray;
Direct me in thy truth, And teach me, I thee pray;
And teach me, I thee pray;
On thee I wait alway.
Thou art my God and Savior, On thee I wait alway.
Thou art my God and Savior,

2. Thy mercies manifold
I pray thee, Lord, remember,
And eke thy pity plentiful,
For they have been forever.
Remember not the faults
And frailty of my youth;
Remember not how ignorant
I have been of thy truth.

3. Nor after my deserts
Let me thy mercy find,
But of thine own benignity
Lord have me in thy mind.
His mercy is full sweet,
His truth a perfect guide,
Therefore the Lord will sinnersteach
And such as go aside.

4. The humble he will teach
His precepts for to keep;
He will direct in all his ways
The lowly and the meek.
For all the ways of God
Are truth and mercy both
To them that keep his testament,
The witness of his truth.