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One thing I of the Lord desire,
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| 1. | One thing I of the Lord desire, |
| | For all my path hath miry been: |
| | Be it by water or by fire, |
| | Oh, make me clean, oh, make me clean! |
| | So wash me, Thou, without, within, |
| | Or purge with fire, if that must be; |
| | No matter how, if only sin |
| | Die out in me, die out in me. |
| 2. | I watch to shun the miry way, |
| | And staunch the springs of guilty thought; |
| | But, watch and struggle as I may, |
| | Pure I am not, pure I am not. |
| 3. | If clearer vision Thou impart, |
| | Grateful and glad my soul shall be, |
| | But yet to have a purer heart |
| | Is more to me, is more to me. |
| 4. | Yea, only as this heart is clean |
| | May larger vision yet be mine, |
| | For mirrored in the depths are seen |
| | The things divine, the things divine. |