In Sin I Groan

In sin, I groan
As I'm encompassed about.
Though I've afflictions and doubt,
I don't feel alone.

Humbly in prayer
As I'm prompted- there's promise,
I will not ask Him amiss.
And, my God is there.

My soul delights
In the goodness of the Lord.
As I read, pray and record,
I find new insights.

Why should I weep
In the valley of sorrow?
There's bright hope in tomorrow.
Where I'll feel at peace.

Though sad I walk
In the valley that is low.
There's a path to a plain road
Where I'll find God's rock.

Awake my soul.
And, no longer droop in sin.
What is holy flows within!
With Light, I am made whole.

2 Nephi 4

THE SECOND BOOK OF NEPHI
CHAPTER 4
Lehi counsels and blesses his posterity—
He dies and is buried—Nephi glories in
the goodness of God to him—Nephi puts his
trust in the Lord forever.
Between 588 and 570 B.C.
16 Behold, my soul delighteth in the
things of the Lord; and my heart pondereth
continually upon the things which I have
seen and heard.
17 Nevertheless, notwithstanding the great
goodness of the Lord, in showing me his
great and marvelous works, my heart exclaimeth:
wretched man that I am! Yea, my heart
sorroweth because of my flesh; my soul grieveth
because of mine iniquities.
18 I am encompassed about, because of the
temptations and the sins which do so easily
beset me.
19 And when I desire to rejoice, my heart
groaneth because of my sins; nevertheless,
I know in whom I have trusted.
20 My God hath been my support; he hath
led me through mine afflictions in the
wilderness; and he hath preserved me upon
the waters of the great deep.
21 He hath filled me with his love,
even unto the consuming of my flesh.
22 He hath confounded mine enemies,
unto the causing of them to quake before me.
23 Behold, he hath heard my cry by day,
and he hath given me knowledge by visions
in the night-time.
24 And by day have I waxed bold in
mighty prayer before him; yea, my voice
have I sent up on high; and angels came
down and ministered unto me.
25 And upon the wings of his Spirit
hath my body been carried away upon
exceedingly high mountains. And mine eyes
have beheld great things, yea, even too
great for man; therefore I was bidden
that I should not write them.
26 O then, if I have seen so great things,
if the Lord in his condescension unto
the children of men hath visited men
in so much mercy, why should my heart
weep and my soul linger in the valley
of sorrow, and my flesh waste away,
and my strength slacken, because of mine
afflictions?
27 And why should I yield to sin,
because of my flesh? Yea, why should I
give way to temptations, that the evil
one have place in my heart to destroy my
peace and afflict my soul? Why am I
angry because of mine enemy?
28 Awake, my soul! No longer droop in
sin. Rejoice, O my heart, and give place
no more for the enemy of my soul.
29 Do not aanger again because of mine
enemies. Do not slacken my strength because
of mine afflictions.
30 Rejoice, O my aheart, and cry unto the
Lord, and say: O Lord, I will praise thee
forever; yea, my soul will rejoice in thee,
my God, and the rock of my salvation.
31 O Lord, wilt thou aredeem my soul? Wilt
thou deliver me out of the hands of mine enemies?
Wilt thou make me that I may shake at the
appearance of sin?
32 May the gates of hell be shut continually
before me, because that my heart is broken and
my spirit is contrite! O Lord, wilt thou not
shut the gates of thy righteousness before me,
that I may walk in the path of the low valley,
that I may be strict in the plain road!
33 O Lord, wilt thou encircle me around in the
robe of thy righteousness! O Lord, wilt thou make
a way for mine escape before mine benemies! Wilt
thou make my path straight before me! Wilt thou
not place a stumbling block in my way—but that
thou wouldst clear my way before me, and hedge not
up my way, but the ways of mine enemy.
34 O Lord, I have trusted in thee, and I will trust
in thee forever. I will not put my trust in the arm of
flesh; for I know that cursed is he that putteth his
trust in the arm of flesh. Yea, cursed is he that
putteth his trust in man or maketh flesh his arm.
35 Yea, I know that God will give liberally to
him that asketh. Yea, my God will give me, if I bask
not amiss; therefore I will lift up my voice unto thee;
yea, I will cry unto thee, my God, the rock of my
righteousness. Behold, my voice shall forever ascend
up unto thee, my rock and mine everlasting God. Amen.