I Fled from thee by many sins – Modernized Edition

I fled from thee by many sins
          And thou didst follow me,
As if my ruin would have caused
          some detriment¹Loss. to thee.
 
How can this choose but wound my heart
          when I remember it,
And ever serve to humble me
          while at thy feet I sit?²“And she had a sister called Mary, who sitting also at the Lord’s feet, heard his word” (Luke 10:39, Douay-Rheims Bible).
 
From whence my Lord, my God and all
          permit me not to rise,
Till I do love thee as thou wouldst,
          the which doth all comprise.