My Lord, I Am Awaiting Thy Coming Again

Lord

for Your coming I’ve been waiting

Waiting so long;

Feels like it’s never terminating

Continually prolonged.

I long to see Your face in person

To hear Your voice

To have more intimate communion

Than what we now enjoy.

If a few more years I wander

Shed a few more tears

And think of You a little longer

Then

Lord

will You appear?

How can the widow put off mourning

Her love not miss?

Not seeing him can she stop weeping

And no more reminisce?

How can the bride before her wedding

Not lovesick be?

Will not that day’s prolonged postponement

Make her sigh constantly?

Since she began

the church has waited—

Thousands of years;

Long ages she’s endured in patience;

Still You have not appeared.

Since I was young

I too have waited

For my whole life;

My comrades all grew old

were taken;

Still You have not arrived.

I’m weary

Lord

of all this waiting—

Remember me!

It’s getting harder not to murmur

Stray from my vow to Thee.

So

Lord

I pray

delay no longer.

Make haste

O Lord!

Till now I’ve been exceeding patient;

I can’t endure much more.

Lord

note how long and hard I’ve waited

And persevered;

If You cannot return so quickly

Lord

let me go to You.

So long You have concealed Your glory

Hidden above;

Already

heartless people mock me

Saying You will not come.

For all my heart’s deep pain and suff’ring

No comfort’s found.

No human hand can ease my sorrows

When You are not around.

Take me to Your eternal dwelling;

I’ll be content;

All thought of this hard path will vanish

In Your bright countenance.