How long wilt Thou for-get me,
O Lord, Thou God of grace?
How long shall fears be-set me,
While dark-ness hides Thy face?
How long shall griefs dis-tress me
And turn my day to night?
How long shall foes op-press me
And tri-umph in their might?
O Lord my God, be-hold me,
And hear my ear-nest cries;
Lest sleep of death en-fold me,
En-light-en Thou mine eyes;
Lest now my foe in-sult-ing
Should boast of his suc-cess,
And en-e-mies ex-ult-ing
Re-joice in my dis-tress.
But I with ex-pec-ta-tion
Have on Thy grace re-lied;
My heart in Thy sal-va-tion
Shall still with joy con-fide;
And I with voice of sing-ing
Will praise the Lord a-bove,
Who, rich-est boun-ties bring-ing,
Has dealt with me in love.