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L. M.
I have considered the days of old.
Psalm 77:5.
Lord! I have foes without, within,
The world, the flesh, indwelling sin,
Life’s daily ills, temptation’s power,
The tempted spirit’s weaker hour.
2 Yet, in the gloom of silent thought,
I call to mind what God hath wrought—
Thy wonders in the days of old,
Thy mercies great and manifold.
3 O, then to thee I stretch my hands,
Like failing streams through desert sands;
I thirst for thee, as harvest plains,
Parched by the summer, thirst for rains!
4 Teach me thy will, subdue my own;
Thou art my God, and thou alone;
Release my soul from trouble, Lord!
Quicken and keep me by thy word.
Montgomery.