BEFORE YOU I KNEEL (A WORKER'S PRAYER)
Words & Music by Keith Getty, Kristyn Getty, Jeff Taylor & Stuart Townend
Tempo = 92
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Before You I kneel, my Master and Maker
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to offer the work of my hands,
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for this is the day You've given Your servant;
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I will rejoice and be glad:
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for the strength I have to live and breathe,
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for each skill Your grace has given me,
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for the needs and opportunities
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that will glorify Your great name
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[Verse 2]
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Before You I kneel and ask for Your goodness
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to cover the work of my hands
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for patience and peace to shape all my labour
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Your grace for thorns in my path.
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Flow within me like a living stream,
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wear away the stones of pride and greed,
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'til Your ways are dwelling deep in me
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and a harvest of life is grown.
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[Verse 3]
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Before You we kneel, our Master and Maker;
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establish the work of our hands,
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and order our steps to seek first Your kingdom
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in every small and great task.
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May we live the gospel of Your grace,
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serve Your purpose in our fleeting days,
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then our lives will bring eternal praise
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and all glory to Your great name,
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and all glory to Your great name.
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