Have mercy, Lord, we often pray,
And lead us in the narrow way,
While we ourselves refuse to go
Where God can lead or mercy show. PSAS 56.4
Have mercy on yourselves. Beware
Lest you are caught in Satan’s snare,
Or wandering far on worldly ground,
Are in its deadening spirit drowned. PSAS 56.5
Have mercy on yourselves. Take heed,
That no perverted taste you feed;
That neither word nor act degrade
The vows and promises you’ve made. PSAS 56.6
True, in ourselves we helpless are
To help ourselves. Lord help, ‘s our prayer,
Poor, wretched, miserable and blind,
In thee all needed help we find. PSAS 57.1
Be this our motto, then: We’ll try
To help ourselves; while God is nigh;
And he in every trying hour
Will aid us with his sovereign power. PSAS 57.2