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| Text: | How long, O Lord, shall I complain |
| Author: | Isaac Watts |
| Tune: | BACA |
| Composer: | William B. Bradbury |
1 How long, O Lord, shall I complain,
Like one that seeks his God in vain?
How long my soul thine absence mourn,
And still despair of thy return?
2 How long shall my poor troubled breast
Be with these anxious thoughts opprest?
If thou withhold thy heavenly light,
I sleep in everlasting night.
3 Hear, Lord, and grant me quick relief,
Thy mercy now shall end my grief;
For I have trusted in thy grace,
And shall again behold thy face.
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | How long, O Lord, shall I complain |
| Author: | Isaac Watts |
| Publication Date: | 1886 |
| Topic: | The Christian: Unfaithfulness Lamented |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | BACA |
| Composer: | William B. Bradbury |
| Meter: | L. M. |
| Key: | E♭ Major |
| Notes: | Alternate tunes: 256, 168, or 51. |
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