1 Lord, who throughout these forty days
for us didst fast and pray,
teach us with Thee to mourn our sins
and close by Thee to stay.
2 As Thou with Satan did contend,
and did the victory win,
O give us strength in Thee to fight,
in Thee to conquer sin.
3 As Thou didst hunger bear, and thirst,
so teach us, gracious Lord,
to die to self, and chiefly live
by Thy most holy Word.
4 And through these days of penitence,
and through Thy Passiontide,
yes, evermore, in life and death,
Jesus, with us abide.
5 Abide with us, that so this life
of suff'ring over past,
an Easter of unending joy
we may attain at last!
