O LORD, WHO SHOWED US

O Lord who showed us in thy fasting\nHow we may gain life everlasting,\nThy love we know!\nAlthough despised, acquainted with grief,\nLord, how you love the repentant thief.\n2. O Lord, we leave behind our pleasure,\nAnd in the desert seek our treasure,\nMay our hearts grow. Chorus\n3. O Lord, may forty days’ repentance\nFulfil in part our rightful sentence;\nMay thy grace flow. Chorus.