Lord, who hast suffered all for me

The words

1. 1

   Stanza 1. Lord, who hast suffered all for me,My peace and pardon to procure;The lighter cross I bear for thee,Help me with patience to endure.

2. 2

   Stanza 2. The storm of loud repining hush,I would in humble silence mourn;Why should th’ unburnt, though burning bush,Be angry as the crackling thorn?

3. 3

   Stanza 3. Man should not faint at thy rebuke,Like Joshua falling on his face,When the cursed thing that Achan took,Brought Israel into just disgrace.

4. 4

   Stanza 4. Perhaps some golden wedge suppressed,Some secret sin offends my GOD;Perhaps that Babylonish vest,Self–righteousness, provokes the rod.

5. 5

   Stanza 5. Ah! were I buffeted all day,Mocked, crowned with thorns, and spit upon;I yet should have no right to say,My great distress is mine alone.

6. 6

   Stanza 6. Let me not angrily declareNo pain was ever sharp like mine;Nor murmur at the cross I hear,But rather weep rememb’ring thine.

Olney Hymns (1779), Book 3, Hymn 28. William Cowper. Public domain. CCEL transcription with modernized spelling. www.praylock.com/olney-hymns/3-28