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Oh dear Lord, in anguish and pain will I pray to you
I pray not for wealth, health or power
No, my prayer is against my foolishness
The foolishness that fills my heart;
That I would say no to your love
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How foolish would that be?
How blind would I be?
That before my very eyes was life
Only to choose death?
Help me never to trust my heart
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My prayer is against my heart
For from within oozes wickedness
But I delight in your holiness
For you have taken the burden of my wretchedness
To rejoice in your free saving grace
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How I glorify your name for understanding
Thank you for delivering me from myself
And giving me a master worth following
Forbid that I should return to my foolishness
To the slavery of my wickedness
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Help me delight in this life I have in you
To share the news of your wonderful doing;
The joy of freeing me from foolishness
And granting me to live with you forever
To rejoice now and always in your salvation
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A life in time to Preach 