1. You have made praise your ornament
While you ornate us with your grace

2. I made rightful your praise obligatory upon me
And you revived my lost hope

3. Keen wit kindles, kindness overflows
Like sword’s steel and flame alloy

4. Wisdom in you tilts judgment’s scales
Resolve like flaming torch in night

5. Glory in you overtakes high lands
Fame beyond all peers holds sway

6. My soul is yours, not mine alone
Redeem your people from all woe

7. If I search one day in my veins
Love of you flows with my blood

8. Where, my Lord, could you be from me
That I forget my zeal for you

9. In my heart I shelter you from my pain
In my eyes I shelter you from my tears

10. I drew you near by fate and destiny
And nearer still by love and affinity

11. I see you lean towards grace that
Your nature flows like clear brook

12. I see you softened that you almost hid
From probing sight and prying view

13. Not wearing hearts like hidden mysteries
Nor touching states like gentle breeze