Psalm 136: Longing for the End

 Why does my praise so hardly flow
 When the hand of God doeth clearly go
 Through earth and sky and universe
 And even to my little verse?
  
 Why ever do my eyes not see
 The ways his love provides for me,
 The way he works through all that is
 To make of me a son of his?
  
 Why ever is my soul downcast
 When love of his eternal lasts,
 When steadfast is his loving hand
 That brings me to a holy land?
  
 When ever will my heart leap high
 To see his hand throughout the sky,
 To see his hand in earth below,
 Lord, will my heart such sights not know?
  
 When will I know his love so pure
 Or sense his steady hand so sure?
 Will full I ever bend my knee
 So one day I’ll his glory see? 

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