Songs and Hymns of the Earliest Greek Christian Poets ‎#16

16. O Thou, the Word of truth divine!

O Thou, the Word of truth divine!
All light I have not been,
Nor kept the day as wholly Thine;
For Thou dark spots hast seen.

The day is down: night hath prevailed:
My Lord I have belied;
I vowed, and thought to do, but failed;
My steps did somewhere slide.

There came a darkness from below
Obscuring safety's way.
Thy light, O Christ, again bestow;
Turn darkness into day.

Text Information

• First Line: O Thou, the Word of truth divine!
• Title: O Thou, the Word of truth divine!
• Translator: Allen W. Chatfield
• Author: Gregory Nazianzen
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1876
• Notes: Public Domain.

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