Queen Esther

Tremblingly

as once of old

Esther

in the roy­al court

For a peo­ple cap­tive sold

Mercy and de­liv­er­ance sought.

So I come

my king

to Thee

Trembling at Thy feet I fall;

Stretch Thy scep­ter ov­er me

Let me hear Thy gra­cious call.

I have naught to of­fer Thee

Naught to plead in sin’s de­fense

Yet un­to Thy courts I flee;

Jesus

do not drive me thence.

Thou hast crowned me with Thy love

Summoned me Thy name to bear;

Bending from Thy throne ab­ove

King of Heav­en

hear my pray­er.

King of grace and love un­told

Come and feast with me to­day

Not as Es­ther’s king of old

But for­ev­er­more to stay.