Scripture Verse

I am cast out of Thy sight; yet I will look again toward Thy holy temple. Jonah 2:4

Introduction

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Philip Doddridge
(1702–1751)

Words: Phi­lip Dodd­ridge (1702–1751). Pub­lished post­hu­mous­ly in Hymns Found­ed on Va­ri­ous Texts in the Ho­ly Scrip­tures, by Job Or­ton (Shrop­shire, Eng­land: Jo­shua Ed­dowes & John Cot­ton, 1755), num­ber 157: Jo­nah’s faith re­com­mend­ed.

Music: Mar­tyr­dom Hugh Wil­son, 1800. Ar­ranged by Ralph E. Hud­son, cir­ca 1885 (🔊 pdf nwc).

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Lyrics

Lord, we have broke Thy ho­ly laws,
And slight­ed all Thy grace;
And just­ly Thy vin­dict­ive wrath
Might cast us from Thy face.

Yet while such pre­ce­dents ap­pear
Marked in Thy sac­red Book,
We from these depths of guilt and fear
Will to Thy tem­ple look.

To Thee, in our Re­deem­er’s name,
We raise our hum­ble cries;
May these our pray­ers, per­fumed by Him,
Like grate­ful in­cense rise.

O ne­ver may our hope­less eyes
An ab­sent God de­plore,
Where the dear tem­ples of Thy love
Shall stand re­vealed no more.

Far from those re­gions of des­pair
Appoint our souls a place;
Where not a frown thro’ end­less years
Shall veil Thy love­ly face.