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For Thine Own Sake, O My God.

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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.

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