Hexatonic, mode 3 b (I II III IV V VI —)
Stay, thou insulted spirit, stay! Though I have done thee such despite,
Cast not a sinner quite away, Nor take thine everlasting flight.
Though I have most unfaithful been, of all whoe’er thy grace received;
Ten thousand times thy goodness seen, ten thousand times thy goodness griev’d.
But O, the chief of sinners spare, in honor of my great priest;
Nor in thy righteous anger swear I shall not see thy people rest.
If yet thou canst my sins forgive, e’en now, O Lord, relieve my woes;
Into thy rest of love receive, and bless me with the calm repose.