HEAL US, EMMANUEL, HEAR OUR PRAYER
"By His wounds we are healed." Isaiah 53:5
Words: William Cowper, 1779.
Music: "Gräfenberg," Johann Crüger, 1647.
Heal us, Emmanuel, hear our prayer
We wait to feel Thy touch;
Deep wounded souls to Thee repair,
And Savior, we are such.
Our faith is feeble, we confess
We faintly trust Thy Word;
But wilt Thou pity us the less?
Be that far from Thee, Lord!
Remember him who once applied
With trembling for relief
"Lord, I believe," with tears he cried;
"O help my unbelief!"
She, too, who touched Thee in the press
And healing virtue stole,
Was answered, "Daughter, go in peace;
Thy faith has made thee whole."
Like her, with hopes and fears we come
To touch Thee if we may;
O send us not despairing home;
Send none unhealed away.