What Wait I for but Thee?

What wait I for but Thee?

My hope is in Thy name;

From all my sins de­li­ver me

Nor put my soul to shame.

I suf­fered si­lent­ly

Because Thy will is best;

Remove Thy hea­vy stroke from me

For I am sore dis­tressed.

When sin Thou dost re­pay

And chast­en and re­strain

Man’s beau­ty quick­ly fades away;

Yea

hu­man life is vain.

O Lord

re­gard my fears

And an­swer my re­quest;

Turn not in si­lence from my tears

But give the mourn­er rest.

I am a strang­er here

Dependent on Thy grace

A pil­grim

as my fa­thers were

With no abid­ing place.

O spare me and re­store

My fail­ing strength

I pray;

E’er I go hence and be no more

The hand of judg­ment stay.