1043    L.M.     T. Kelly
“O Lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath.” Ps. 38. 1

1 Deal gently with thy servant, Lord,
  And if the rod should needful be,
  Thy seasonable aid afford;
  My soul in trouble flies to thee.

2 Thy frown is terrible to bear,
  But grace a spring of hope supplies;
  Thy anger more than death I fear,
  Thy favour more than life I prize.

3 But much I fear, lest in some hour
  Of sore temptation I may fall;
  And, yielding to the tempter’s power,
  Faithless may prove, and give up all.

4 Lord, save thy worm, for thou alone
  Canst keep me in the trying hour;
  Thy help I trust to, not my own,
  Thy love, thy wisdom, and thy power.

5 When chastisement shall needful be,
  Correct thy worm, but not in wrath;
  A father’s hand I fain would see;
  A father’s rod no terror hath.