Book of Worship with Hymns and Tunes ‎#378

378. Show pity, Lord! O Lord, forgive!

1 Show pity, Lord! O Lord, forgive!
Let a repenting rebel live:
Are not Thy mercies large and free?
May not the contrite trust in Thee?

2 Great God, Thy nature hath no bound,
So let Thy pardoning Love be found.
O wash my soul from every sin,
And make my guilty conscience clean!

3 My lips with shame my sins confess
Against Thy law, against Thy grace:
Lord, should Thy judgment grow severe,
I am condemned, but Thou art clear.

4 Yet save a trembling sinner, Lord,
Whose hope, still hovering round Thy Word,
Would light on some sweet promise there,
Some sure support against despair.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Show pity, Lord! O Lord, forgive!
• Author: Isaac Watts (1719)
• Meter: L. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1899
• Topic: Self Abasement; Confession of Sin; Contrition; Penitence; Repentance
• Notes: Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: BABYLON STREAMS
• Composer: Thomas Campion
• Meter: L. M.
• Notes: Public Domain.