Samuel Barber - Prayers of Kierkegaard, Op. 30

O Thou Who are unchangeable
Whom nothing changes
May we find our rest
And remain at rest
In Thee unchanging
Thou art moved
And moved in infinite love by all things;
The need of a sparrow, even this moves Thee;
And what we scarcely see
A human sigh
The moves Thee, O infinite Love!
But nothing changes Thee, O Thou unchanging!

Lord Jesus Christ
Who suffered all life long
That I, too, might be saved
And Whose suffering still knows no end
This, too, wilt Thou endure;
Saving and redeeming me
This patient suffering of me
With whom Thou hast to do -

I, who so often go astray

Father in Heavеn
Well we know that it is Thou
That givest both to will and to do
That also longing
Whеn it leads us to renew
The fellowship with our Savior and Redeemer
Is from Thee

Father in heaven, longing is Thy gift

Hold not our sins up against us
But hold us up against our sins
So that the thought of Thee should not remind us
Of what we have committed
But of what Thou didst forgive;
Not how we went astray
But how Thou didst save us!