ELHB Hymn 389
O Lord, my best desire fulfil
William Cowper (1779)
Hymn Text
389. O Lord, my best desire fulfil
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1 O Lord, my best desire fulfil,
And help me to resign
Life, health, and comfort to Thy will,
And make Thy pleasure mine.
And help me to resign
Life, health, and comfort to Thy will,
And make Thy pleasure mine.
2 Why should I shrink at Thy command,
Whose love forbids my fears?
Or tremble at the gracious hand
That wipes away my tears?
Whose love forbids my fears?
Or tremble at the gracious hand
That wipes away my tears?
3 No, rather let me freely yield
What most I prize to Thee,
Who never hast a good withheld,
Or wilt withhold, from me.
What most I prize to Thee,
Who never hast a good withheld,
Or wilt withhold, from me.
Source noted on Hymnary: Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-book #389