Church Book ‎#355

355. 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 a sinner 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 judgments 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.

Text Information

• First Line: Show pity, Lord; O Lord! forgive
• Author: Watts (1719, a.)
• Meter: L. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1890
• Scripture:
  Psalm 51
• Topic: The Order of Salvation: Repentance; Sundays in Lent; Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Alternate tune: #71 or #480

Tune Information

• Name: BABYLON STREAMS
• Meter: L. M.
• Key: f minor
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Composer from index: Dr. Th. Campion, 1600