"Before Thee, God, Who Knowest All"
              by Magnus B. Landstad, 1802-1880
            Translated by Carl Doving, 1867-1937
                                 Text From:
                       THE LUTHERAN HYMNAL
        (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1941)



        1. Before Thee, God, who knowest all,
        With grief and shame I prostrate fall.
        I see my sins against Thee, Lord,
        The sins of thought, of deed, and word.
        They press me sore; I cry to Thee:
        O God, be merciful to me!

        2. O Lord, my God, to Thee I pray:
        Oh, cast me not in wrath away!
        Let Thy good Spirit ne'er depart,
        But let Him draw to Thee my heart
        That truly penitent I be:
        O God, be merciful to me!

        3. O Jesus, let Thy precious blood
        Be to my soul a cleansing flood.
        Turn not, O Lord, Thy guest away,
        But grant that justified I may
        Go to my house at peace with Thee:
        O God, be merciful to me!

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        Notes:
        Hymn #318 from _The Lutheran Hymnal_
        Text: Ezra 9: 15
        Author: Magnus B. Landstad, 1861
        Translated by: Carl Doeving, 1909
        Titled: "Jeg staar for Gud, som alting ved"
        Tune: "Vater unser"
        1st Published in: "Geistliche Lieder"
        Town: Leipzig, 1539
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