Like a swallow or a crane I chirp; I moan like a dove. My eyes are weary with looking upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; be my pledge of safety! 1
Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am languishing; heal me, O LORD, for my bones are troubled. My soul also is greatly troubled. But you, O LORD–how long? Turn, O LORD, deliver my life; save me for the sake of your steadfast love. 2
My heart is in anguish within me; the terrors of death have fallen upon me. Fear and trembling come upon me, and horror overwhelms me. And I say, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest; 3
For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what is promised.  4
And while they were gazing into heaven as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white robes,  and said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.” 5
But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,  6
waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,  7

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1 Isa 38:14; 2 Psa 6:2-4; 3 Psa 55:4-6; 4 Heb 10:36; 5 Act 1:10,11; 6 Phi 3:20; 7 Tit 2:13;

EG 75 1. Ehre sei dir, Christe, der du littest Not,an dem Stamm des Kreuzes für uns bittern Tod,herrschest mit dem Vater in der Ewigkeit:hilf uns armen Sündern zu der Seligkeit.Kyrie eleison,Christe eleison,Kyrie eleison.

2. Wäre nicht gekommen Christus in die Weltund hätt angenommen unser arm Gestaltund für unsre Sünde gestorben williglich,so hätten wir müssen verdammt sein ewiglich.Kyrie eleison,Christe eleison,Kyrie eleison.

3. Darum wolln wir loben, danken allezeitdem Vater und Sohne und dem Heilgen Geist;bitten, daß sie wollen behüten uns hinfort,und daß wir stets bleiben bei seinem heilgen Wort.Kyrie eleison,Christe eleison,Kyrie eleison.

”]Text: Str. 1 Salzburg um 1350 nach »Laus tibi Christe« 14.Jh., Nordhausen 1560; Str. 2-3 Hermann Bonnus 1542Melodie: Salzburg um 1350, Königsberg 1527, bei Lucas Lossius 1553 »O wir armen Sünder«