Sitting by the wayside, sinful, weak, and blind,
Waiting in my darkness for the day,
O Thou Saviour, Jesus, merciful and kind,
Hear me now, and take my sins away!
No one knows my sorrow, no one cares for me —
Waiting in the darkness for the day;
Hear a sinner pleading, pleading, Lord, with
Jesus, come and take my sins away!
Long in darkness waiting, weary, sad, Thee — and lone,
How I long Thy glorious face to see!
O Thou blessed Jesus, make me al!
Thine own;
Speak the word, and Thou canst set me free!
Waiting in the darkness for the day;
Hear a sinner pleading, pleading, Lord, with
Jesus, come and take my sins away!
Weary with my blindness, waiting all the day,
Weary with my sorrow and my pain;
O Thou Son of David, pass me not,
Leave me not in hopeless night again!
Waiting in the darkness for the day;
Hear a sinner pleading, pleading, Lord, with
Jesus, come and take my sins away!
Sitting by the wayside, sinful, weak, and blind,
Is there any hope for one like me?
Something seems to whisper in my darkened mind,
“Christ has power to set the sinner free."
Waiting in the darkness for the day;
Hear a sinner pleading, pleading, Lord, with
Jesus, come and take my sins away!