God of my life, to thee I call

The words

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   Stanza 1. God of my life, to thee I call,Afflicted at thy feet I fall;When the great water–floods prevail,Leave not my trembling heart to fail!

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   Stanza 2. Friend of the friendless, and the saint!Where should I lodge my deep complaint?Where but with thee, whose open door,Invites the helpless and the poor!

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   Stanza 3. Did ever mourner plead with thee,And thou refuse that mourner’s plea?Does not the word still fixed remain,That none shall seek thy face in vain?

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   Stanza 4. That were a grief I could not bear,Didst thou not hear and answer prayer;But a prayer–hearing, answ’ring God,Supports me under every load.

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   Stanza 5. Fair is the lot that’s cast for me!I have an advocate with thee;They whom the world caresses most,Have no such privilege to boast.

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   Stanza 6. Poor though I am, despised, forgot,Yet God, my God, forgets me not;And he is safe and must succeed,For whom the LORD vouchsafes to plead.

Olney Hymns (1779), Book 3, Hymn 19. William Cowper. Public domain. CCEL transcription with modernized spelling. www.praylock.com/olney-hymns/3-19