O, burst these bonds, and set it free.

2 Wash out its stains, refine its dross;

Nail my affections to the cross;

Hallow each thought; let all within

Be clean, as thou, my Lord, art clean.

3 If in this darksome wild I stray,

Be thou my light, be thou my way;

No foes, no violence I fear,

No fraud, while thou, my God, art near.

4 When rising floods my soul o’erflow,