Lord, this thing I ask you

1 Lord, this thing I ask you:
hold in check my pride,
as a child obedient
at its mother's side.

2 All God's sons and daughters
to his heart are dear:
let them now and always
trust, and never fear.

After Psalm 131, David Mowbray (born 1938)
© David Mowbray/Jubilate Hymns
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