Christ My Song - 1560
Behold me here, in grief draw near - Let me find Thee!
(Joachim Neander/Sarah Laurie Borthwick Findlater/
Johannes Thomas Rüegg)
Let me find Thee!
"Seek ye the Lord while he may be found."
(Isaiah 55,6)
1. Behold me here,
in grief draw near,
pleading at thy throne, O King;
to thee each tear,
each trembling fear,
Jesus, Son of man! I bring.
Let me find thee, –
let me find thee,
me, a vile and worthless thing! PDF - Midi
2. Look down in love,
and from above,
with thy Spirit satisfy;
thou hast sought me,
thou hast bought me,
and thy purchase, Lord, am I.
Let me find thee, –
let me find thee,
here on earth, and then on high!
3. No other prayer
to thee I bear,
O my Lord, but only this, –
to share thy grace,
to see thy face,
and to know thy people's bliss.
Let me find thee, –
let me find thee,
thee to find is blessedness!
4. Hear the broken,
scarcely spoken
utterance of my heart to thee;
all the crying,
all the sighing
of thy child accepted be.
Let me find thee, –
let me find thee,
thus my soul longs vehemently!
5. Worldly pleasures,
earthly treasures,
joys and honours will not stay;
they often pain,
and, oh! how vain,
looking to eternity!
Let me find thee, –
let me find thee,
find thee, O my God, this day!
Sarah Laurie Borthwick Findlater, Hymns from the Land of Luther, 1862, 58-59.
Translated from the German Sieh, hier bin ich, Ehrenkönig
of Joachim Neander.