1 O enter in Enter thy courts, thou word of life My joy and peace Let the glad sound therein be heard Bid plaintive sadness cease Comfort my heart, thou truth most fair O enter in Chasing despair and earthborn care My woe and slothful sin. 2 Glad was the time when I wouls sing Thy heavenly praise Happy my heart when thou wert nigh Directing all my ways O let thy light, thy joy again Return to me Nor in disdain from me refrain Who lift my soul to thee. 3 In heaven and earth thy law endures Thy word abides My troubled flesh trembleth in awe My heart in terror hides Yet still on thee my hope is set On thee, O lord I will await and not forget The promise of thy word.