Before Thee, God, Who Knowest All by Magnus B. Landstad, 1861 (Tr. Carl Doeving, 1909) Ezr 9:15 VATER UNSER—Geistliche Lieder, Leipzig, 1539 Before Thee, God, Who Knowest All (or Jeg Staar for Gud, Som Alting Ved) 1 Before Thee, God, who knowest all, With grief and shame I prostrate fall. I see my sins against Thee, Lord, The sins of thought, of deed, and word. They press me sore; I cry to Thee: O God, be merciful to me! 2 O Lord, my God, to Thee I pray: Oh, cast me not in wrath away! Let