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[Most destitute, most helpless I]

He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, &c. —ii. 8.

Most destitute, most helpless I,
A beggar, at the point to die!
Sunk in the deepest poverty,
I all things want by wanting Thee!
Jesus, Thou know'st my desperate case;
Out of my own foul dunghill raise,
Lift up the poor by grace Divine,
And speak the heavenly kingdom mine.