Awake from thy wandering dream;

              turn from chasing vanities,

   look inward, forward, upward,

   view thyself,

   reflect upon thyself,

            who and what thou art, why here,

            what thou must soon be.

Thou art a creature of God,

         formed and furnished by him,

         lodged in a body like a shepherd in his tent;

Dost thou not desire to know God’s ways?

O God,

Thou injured, neglected, provoked Benefactor

   when I think upon thy greatness and thy goodness

   I am ashamed at my insensibility,

   I blush to lift up my face,

   for I have foolishly erred.

Shall I go on neglecting thee,

  when every one of thy rational creatures

     should love thee,

   and take every care to please thee?

I confess that thou hast not been in all my thoughts,

   that the knowledge of thyself as the end of

     my being has been strangely overlooked,

   that I have never seriously considered

     my heart-need.

But although my mind is perplexed and divided,

   my nature perverse,

   yet my secret dispositions still desire thee.

Let me not delay to come to thee;

Break the fatal enchantment that binds

     my evil affections,

   and bring me to a happy mind that rests in thee,

   for thou hast made me and canst not forget me.

Let thy Spirit teach me the vital lessons of Christ,

   for I am slow to learn;

And hear thou my broken cries.