Lament

How long, oh Lord, how long? 
Will you forget me, am I forsaken?
How long will you hide your face?
Oh Lord, I am shaken

See how I pass my weary days
In sighs and groans; and when it’s night
My bed is watered with my tears;
My grief consumes, and it dims my sight.

How long, oh Lord, how long? 
Will you forget me, am I forsaken?
How long will you hide your face?
Oh Lord, I am shaken

Look, how the powers of nature mourn!
How long, how long, Almighty God, how long?
When shall your hour of grace return?
When shall I make your grace my song?

How long, oh Lord, how long?
Will you forget me, am I forsaken?
How long will you hide your face?
Oh Lord, I am shaken

I feel my flesh so near the grave, oh my soul
My soul is tempted to despair;
But graves can never praise the Lord,
For all is dust and silence there.

How long, oh Lord, how long?
Will you forget me, am I forsaken?
How long will you hide your face?
Oh Lord, I am shaken
How long, oh Lord, how long?
Will you forget me, am I forsaken?
How long will you hide your face?
Oh Lord, I am shaken

Arr. Seth Thomas Crissman