With Earnest Longings of the Mind from Psalm 42 Isaac Watts (1674-1748)

EARNEST LONGINGS (C.M.) Mitch Cervinka* 2001 Score

With earn-est long-ings of the mind,
   My God, to Thee I look;
So pants the hunt-ed hart to find
   And taste the cool-ing brook.

When shall I see Thy courts of grace,
   And meet my God a-gain?
So long an ab-sence from Thy face
   My heart en-dures with pain.

Temp-ta-tions vex my wea-ry soul,
   And tears are my re-past;
The foe in-sults with-out con-trol,
   And where's your God at last?

'Tis with a mourn-ful plea-sure now
   I think on an-cient days;
Then to Thy house did num-bers go,
   And all our work was praise.

But why, my soul, sunk down so far
   Be-neath this heav-y load?
Why do my thoughts in-dulge des-pair,
   And sin a-gainst my God?

Hope in the Lord, whose might-y hand
   Can all thy woes re-move;
For I shall yet be-fore Him stand,
   And sing re-stor-ing love.

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*Music: Composed 2001 by Mitch Cervinka.
Donated to the Public Domain for the unrestricted use of Christ's church.