Scripture Verse

As the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the Lord our God. Psalm 123:2

Introduction

Words: John Bowd­ler (1783–1815).

Music: Tha­raw, ar­ranged by H. Lam­son in A Se­lect­ion of Spir­it­ual Songs, ed­it­ed by Charles S. Ro­bin­son (New York: Cen­tu­ry Com­pa­ny, 1881), num­ber 114 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know Lam­son’s full name, or where to get a good pic­ture of him (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

portrait
John Bowdler (1783–1815)

Lyrics

Lord, be­fore Thy throne we bend;
Now to Thee our pray­ers as­cend:
Servants to our mas­ter true,
Lo! we yield Thee hom­age due:
Children, to Thy throne we fly,
Abba, Fa­ther, hear our cry!

Low be­fore Thee, Lord! we bow;
We are weak—but migh­ty Thou;
Sore dis­tressed, yet sup­pli­ant still,
Here we wait Thy ho­ly will;
Bound to earth, and root­ed here,
Till our Sav­ior God ap­pear.

Leave us not be­neath the pow­er
Of temp­ta­tion’s dark­est hour:
Swift to seal their cap­tives’ doom,
See our foes ex­ult­ing come!
Jesus, Sav­ior! yet be nigh,
Lord of life and vic­to­ry.