Christ My Song - 1945
Deal gently with thy servant, Lord
(Thomas Kelly/Johannes Thomas Rüegg)
Deal gently with thy servant, Lord.
"O Lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath." (Psalm 38,1)
1. Deal gently with thy servant, Lord,
and if the rod should needful be,
thy seasonable aid afford;
my soul in trouble flies to thee. PDF - Midi
2. Thy frown is terrible to bear,
but grace a spring of hope supplies;
thine anger more than death I fear,
thy favour more than life I prize.
3. But much I fear, lest in some hour
of sore temptation, I may fall;
and yielding to the tempter's power,
may faithless prove, and give up all.
4. Lord, save thy worm, for thou alone
canst keep me in the trying hour;
thy help I trust to, not my own;
thy love, thy wisdom, and thy power.
5. When chastisement shall needful be,
correct thy worm, but not in wrath;
a father's hand I fain would see;
a father's rod no terror hath.
Thomas Kelly, Hymns on various passages of Scripture, ca. 1853, Hymn 173.