Christian Hymns ‎#25

25. 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 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.

Text Information

• First Line: Show pity, Lord! O Lord, forgive!
• Meter: L. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1898
• Topic: Confession of Sin; Forgiveness of Sin; Mercy, prayed for; Repentance
• Notes: Now Public Domain. I. Watts, 1719

Tune Information

• Name: WE THANK THEE, LORD JESUS CHRIST
• Meter: L. M.
• Key: d minor
• Source: German. 1560
• Notes: Public Domain.