I Lift My Heart to Thee (Sternhold)

I lift my heart to Thee

My God and guide most just;

Now suf­fer me to take no shame

For in Thee I do trust.

Direct me in Thy truth

And teach me

I Thee pray;

Thou art my God and Sav­ior

On Thee I wait al­way.

Thy mer­cies ma­ni­fold

I pray Thee

Lord

re­mem­ber

I eke Thy pi­ty plen­ti­ful

For they have been for­e’er.

Remember not the faults

And frail­ty of my youth;

Remember not how ig­no­rant

I have been of Thy truth.

Nor af­ter my de­serts

Let me Thy mer­cy find

But of Thine own be­nign­ity

Lord have me in Thy mind.

His mer­cy is full sweet

His truth a per­fect guide

Therefore the Lord will sin­ners teach

And such as go aside.

The hum­ble He will teach

His pre­cepts for to keep:

He will di­rect in all His ways

The low­ly and the meek.

For all the ways of God

Are truth and mer­cy both

To them that keep His tes­ta­ment

The wit­ness of His truth.