Eyes of Mercy

Oh, while I move in You, Lord, go before me 
You neither slumber, no, nor never sleep 
In thy holy providence, Watch o’er me 
All through the darkness I rest in your keep

Oh look upon me with the eyes of mercy, 

This wretched sinner make into a saint

You are near to all who call upon Thee

Strengthen me Lord, lest my faith shall faint.

I pray  protect me from every danger,  

so that neither fallen angels of the devil 

nor any wicked enemy or stranger 

may have any power to do me evil.

Oh look upon me with your eyes of mercy, 

This wretched sinner make into a saint

You are near to all who call upon Thee

Strengthen me Lord,  lest my faith shall faint.

After a prayer by Lewis Bayly

October 10,2021

Anthony Foster