Order my steps in Thy Word, and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
Psalm 119:133
Words: Synesius of Cyrene, circa 430 (Μνώεο Χριστέ). Translated from Greek to English by Allen W. Chatfield, Songs and Hymns of Earliest Greek Christian Poets, 1876.
Music: Southwell (Daman) William Daman, Psalmes of David in English Meter 1579 (🔊 pdf nwc).
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If you know where to get a good picture of Synesius, Chatfield, or Daman (head-and-shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels), would you ?
Lord Jesus, think on me
And purge away my sin;
From earthborn passions set me free
And make me pure within.
Lord Jesus, think on me,
With many a care oppressed;
Let me Thy loving servant be
And taste Thy promised rest.
Lord Jesus, think on me
Amid the battle’s strife;
In all my pain and misery
Be Thou my Health and Life.
Lord Jesus, think on me
Nor let me go astray;
Through darkness and perplexity
Point Thou the heavenly way.
Lord Jesus, think on me
When floods the tempest high;
When on doth rush the enemy,
O Savior, be Thou nigh!
Lord Jesus, think on me
That, when the flood is past,
I may th’eternal brightness see
And share Thy joy at last.
Lord Jesus, think on me
That I may sing above
To Father, Spirit, and to Thee
The strains of praise and love.