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Lord Jesus Think On Me

Words and music by Synesius of Cyrene · tr. Allen William Chatfield · 1876

Key of Ab · 110 BPM · 4/4 · Anticipation,Aspiration,Christian Life · Ps 51:6-12

Verse 1

Lord Jesus, think on me And purge away my sin;
From earthborn passions set me free And make me pure within.

Verse 2

Lord Jesus, think on me, With many'a care oppressed;
Let me Thy loving servant be And taste Thy promised rest.

Verse 3

Lord Jesus, think on me Amid the battle's strife;
In all my pain and misery Be Thou my Health and Life.

Verse 4

Lord Jesus, think on me Nor let me go astray;
Through darkness and perplexity Point Thou the heav'nly way.

Verse 5

Lord Jesus, think on me When floods the tempest high;
When on doth rush the enemy, O Savior, be Thou nigh!

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