My God, It Was Thy Grace

My God

it was Thy grace

That did my strength sup­ply;

When Thou didst hide Thy face

Sure trou­bled then was I.

To Thee I cried

O Lord;

To Thee I made my sup­pli­cat­ing plea.

What pro­fit can it bring

If life Thou dost not spare?

Shall dust Thy prais­es sing

Shall it Thy truth de­clare?

Jehovah

hear

in mer­cy hear

My help­er

Sav­ior

now ap­pear.

With grief to glad­ness turned

With sor­row changed to joy

Thy prais­es I have learned

And songs my lips em­ploy;

So shall my tongue through life ad­ore

And praise Thy name for ev­er­more.