What Shall I Do, My God, My God?

What shall I do

my God

my God?

I ask in Je­su’s name.

Unsanctified

and un­re­newed

I still re­main the same.

Sin

on­ly sin in me I find;

I can­not sub­ject be

To Thy com­mand; my car­nal mind

Is en­mi­ty to Thee.

But Thou canst wash the le­per clean

The stone to flesh con­vert

Canst make the Ethi­op change his skin

And pur­ify my heart.

Then on­ly

when by grace re­newed

My will with Thine shall suit:

O make the tree of na­ture good

And good shall be its fruit.

I strive in all I do to please

With end­less grief and pain

But can­not

Lord

from sin­ning cease

Till I am born again.

With Thee my vir­tue is but vice

My good is spe­cious ill

’Tis self

’tis na­ture in dis­guise

And I am car­nal still.

No work of mine

or word

or thought

Thy judg­ment can ab­ide

Thy glo­ry

Lord

I nev­er sought

For all my soul is pride.

What have I then where­in to trust?

How must I come to Thee?

Foul as I am

cond­emned and lost

Thy Son hath died for me.

Jesus hath died that I might live

Might live to God alone

In Him eter­nal life re­ceive

And be in spir­it one.

Savior

I thank Thee for the grace

The gift un­speak­able

And wait

with arms of faith t’em­brace

And all Thy love to feel.

My soul breaks out in strong de­sire

The per­fect bliss to prove

My long­ing soul is all on fire

To be dis­solved in love.

Give me Thy­self

from ev­ery boast

From ev­ery wish set free.

Let all I am in Thee be lost

But give Thy­self to me.

Thy gifts

al­as! can­not suf­fice

Unless Thy­self be giv’n

Thy pre­sence makes my pa­ra­dise

And where Thou art is Heav’n.