A Deprecation

A Deprecation

O LORD, Thou knowest, and canst, and willest the good of my soul. Miserable man am I; I neither know, nor can, nor, as I ought will it. Thou, O LORD, I beseech Thee, in Thine ineffable affection, so order concerning me, and so dispose, as Thou knowest to be most pleasing to Thee, and most good for me. [Thine is] goodness, grace; love, kindness; benignity, gentleness, consideration; forbearance, long suffering; much pity, great pity; mercies, multitude of mercies; kind yearnings, deep yearnings; in passing over, in overlooking, in disregarding; many seasons, many years; [punishing] unwillingly, not willingly; not to the full, not correspondently, remembering mercy in wrath, repenting of the evil, compensating doubly, ready to pardon, to be reconciled, to be appeased.