Audi Benigne Conditor (Lenten Vespers Hymn)

Thou loving Maker of mankind, Before Thy throne we pray and weep; Oh, may our prayers acceptance find, While this High Fast of Lent we keep. Searcher of hearts! Thou dost our ills Discern, and all our weakness know: Again to Thee with contrite wills We turn; again Thy mercy show. Much have we sinned; yet we confess Our guilt, and all our faults deplore: Oh, for the praise of Thy great Name, Our fainting souls to health restore! And grant us, while by fasts we strive This mortal body to control, To fast from all the food of sin, And so to purify the soul. Amen.