To see the law by Christ fulfilled
to hear his pardoning voice can change a slave into a child and duty into chores
No strength of nature can suffice to serve the Lord a-right
And what she has she mis-supplies for want of clearer light
How long, how long beneath the law I lay
How long, how long I struggle to obey
Then to abstain from outward sin was more than I could do
Now if I feel it's power within, I feel I'd hate it too
Then all my servile works were done a righteousness to raise
The freely chosen in the Son I freely choose his ways
Freely chosen in the Son I freely choose his ways
How long, how long beneath the law I lay
How long, how long I struggle to obey
How long, how long in bondage and distress
How long, how long I tried without success
I tried without success
To see the law by Christ fulfilled
to hear his pardoning voice can change a slave into a child and duty into chores
How long, how long beneath the law I lay
How long, how long I struggle to obey
How long, how long in bondage and distress
How long, how long I tried without success
I tried without success
How long, how long
How long, how long