Lord Jesus Think On Me

Tune: Southwell · Meter 6 6 8 6

1 Lord Jesus, think on me And purge away my sin; From earthborn passions set me free And make me pure within.

2 Lord Jesus, think on me, With many'a care oppressed; Let me Thy loving servant be And taste Thy promised rest.

3 Lord Jesus, think on me Amid the battle's strife; In all my pain and misery Be Thou my Health and Life.

4 Lord Jesus, think on me Nor let me go astray; Through darkness and perplexity Point Thou the heav'nly way.

5 Lord Jesus, think on me When floods the tempest high; When on doth rush the enemy, O Savior, be Thou nigh!

Words: Synesius of Cyrene (375–430); translated by Allen William Chatfield (1808–1896)
Music: 1579 from William Daman's Psalter; setting by unknown
Scripture: Ps 51:6-12, Heb 4:15-16, Ps 119:133, Lk 23:42-43, Mt 5:21-37
Public domain. From the Open Hymnal Project.