If Thou Sayest, Behold, we Knew it Not

Thou Who hast borne all burdens, bear our load, / Bear Thou our load whatever load it be; / Our guilt, our shame, our helpless misery, / Bear Thou Who only canst, O God my God. / Seek us and find us, for we cannot Thee / Or seek or find or hold or cleave unto: / We cannot do or undo; Lord, undo / Our self-undoing, for Thine is the key / Of all we are not though we might have been. / Dear Lord, if ever mercy moved Thy mind, / If so be love of us can move Thee yet, / If still the nail-prints in Thy Hands are seen, / Remember us, -- yea, how shouldst Thou forget? / Remember us for good, and seek, and find.