My Perfect Rest

YES I FAIL
AND I FAULTER
WHEN YOUR LAW
I TRY TO DO
FOR YOUR LAW
AND YOUR COMMANDMENTS
THEY ARE HOLY, JUST, AND TRUE

AND I FIND
THAT THEY ARE PERFECT
THAT THEY ARE GOOD
IN EVERY WAY
AND I KNOW
THAT I SHOULD KEEP THEM
THAT EVERY ONE I SHOULD OBEY

BUT IT SEEMS
I FAIL PROFUSELY
IN MY PRESENT EARTHLY FORM
THOUGH TO WILL
IS PRESENT WITH ME
KNOW I NOT
HOW TO PROFORM

THERES A BATTLE
WAGED WITHIN ME
BETWEEN MY MEMBERS
AND MY MIND
AND SO OFTEN
I'M LAYED CAPTIVE
BY THE LAW OF SIN I FIND

BUT THANKS TO GOD
THERE IS DELIVERANCE
FROM THE BODY
OF THIS DEATH
YES OH YES
T'S CHRIST JESUS
IN WHOM I'VE FOUND
MY PERFECT REST

RICHARD PALMER