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"FOR THINE OWN SAKE, O MY GOD."
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"FOR THINE OWN SAKE, O MY GOD."
WEARIED of sinning, wearied of repentance,
Wearied of self, I turn, my God, to Thee;
To Thee, my Judge, on Whose all-righteous sentence
  Hangs mine eternity:
I turn to Thee, I plead Thyself with Thee,—
  Be pitiful to me.

Wearied I loathe myself, I loathe my sinning,
My stains, my festering sores, my misery:
Thou the Beginning, Thou ere my beginning
  Didst see and didst foresee
Me miserable, me sinful, ruined me,—
  I plead Thyself with Thee.

I plead Thyself with Thee Who art my Maker,
Regard Thy handiwork that cries to Thee;
I plead Thyself with Thee Who wast partaker
  Of mine infirmity,
Love made Thee what Thou art, the love of me,—
  I plead Thyself with Thee.


UNTIL THE DAY BREAK.
WHEN will the day bring its pleasure?
When will the night bring its rest?
Reaper and gleaner and thresher
Peer toward the east and the west:—
The Sower He knoweth, and He knoweth best.