BUT FOR HIS GRACE (RVD)

LORD, PLEASE HELP ME TO FORGIVE
THOSE WHO DON'T SEEM TO CARE,
THE SO-CALLED FRIENDS AND RELATIVES
WHO'VE BROUGHT INTO MY EXISTENCE
NOTHING BUT HURT, ANGER AND DESPAIR.
DON'T I HAVE ENOUGH TO CONTEND
WITH THE PHYSICAL PAIN I SUFFER DAY-TO-DAY?
WHY ADD THE DISDAIN,
COMPLAIN,
RIDICULE AND CONTEMPT,
THE INEPTITUDE,
THE ATTITUDE?
WHY CAN'T I BE MORE LIKE YOU?
WHY CAN'T I BE SURROUNDED BY THE TRUE SAINTS,
THE ONES WHO GIVE YOU PRAISE?
I KNOW I DON'T DESERVE IT,
BUT JUST A LITTLE WOULD GO A LONG WAY.
THIS LIFE IS HARD ENOUGH
LIVING WITH THE RABBLE AND RIFF-RAFF,
THE UNWANTED, THE TRASH.
BUT, OH, LORD, BUT FOR YOUR GRACE,
I WOULD NOT BE HERE TODAY.