Lord Jesus Think on Me

This is a hymn about repentance. It is based on 5th century a work by Synesius of Cyrene, Bishop of Ptolemais.

Originally written in Greek as Μνώεο Χριτέ, it was translated by English Anglican priest, scholar and hymn-translator, Allen Chatfield (d 1876).

With meter 6.6.8.6, tunes is has been set to include:

SOUTHWELL, from Damon's Psalter, 1579
ST BRIDE by Samuel Howard (1762)

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Examples

Solo singer with guitar accompaniment - SOUTHWELL

Unaccompanied, professionally produced recording - SOUTHWELL

College choir with organ - SOUTHWELL

Lyrics

Lord Jesus, think on me
And purge away my sin;
From earthborn passions set me free
And make me pure within.

Lord Jesus, think on me,
With many a care oppressed;
Let me Thy loving servant be
And taste Thy promised rest.

Lord Jesus, think on me
Amid the battle’s strife;
In all my pain and misery
Be Thou my Health and Life.

Lord Jesus, think on me
Nor let me go astray;
Through darkness and perplexity
Point Thou the heavenly way.

Lord Jesus, think on me
When floods the tempest high;
When on doth rush the enemy,
O Savior, be Thou nigh!

Lord Jesus, think on me
That, when the flood is past,
I may th’eternal brightness see
And share Thy joy at last.

Lord Jesus, think on me
That I may sing above
To Father, Spirit, and to Thee
The strains of praise and love.