Deuteronomy 33: Eternal God, my refuge now

Eternal God, my refuge now
In trouble and temptation Thou:
Though still to sin inclined,
Safe from the snares of hell and death
Thine everlasting arms beneath
My sinking soul I find.

Yet, Lord, I ask a further grace:
The guilt original efface,
The inbred foe exclude;
I then shall dwell conceal'd with Thee
In spiritual serenity.
In blissful solitude.

Happy as the first sinless man,
I then my paradise regain
And rival those above,
Inflamed with pure seraphic zeal,
To do Thine acceptable will
In innocence and love.

In the highway of holiness
I walk with Christ in perfect peace.
Contemplating the prize,
Smooth as on eagle's wings ascend.
Translated with my heavenly Friend.
And grasp Thee in the skies.