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Text:Gracious God, My Heart Renew
Author:Anonymous
Tune:GETHSEMANE (Dykes)
Composer:John Bacchus Dykes, 1823-1876
Media:MIDI file

2010. Gracious God, My Heart Renew

1. Gracious God, my heart renew,
Make my spirit right and true;
Cast me not away from Thee,
Let Thy Spirit dwell in me;
Thy salvation’s joy impart,
Steadfast make my willing heart.

2. Sinners then shall learn from me
And return, O God, to Thee;
Savior, all my guilt remove,
And my tongue shall sing Thy love;
Touch my silent lips, O Lord,
And my mouth shall praise accord.

3. Not the formal sacrifice
Has acceptance in Thine eyes;
Broken hearts are in Thy sight
More than sacrificial rite;
Contrite spirit, pleading cries,
Thou, O God, will not despise.

4. Prosper Zion in Thy grace
And her broken walls replace:
Then our righteous sacrifice
Shall delight Thy holy eyes;
Free-will offerings, gladly made,
On Thine altar shall be laid.

Text Information
First Line: Gracious God, my heart renew
Title: Gracious God, My Heart Renew
Author: Anonymous
Meter: 77.77.77
Language: English
Scripture:
Source: The Psalter (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: The United Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1912), number 141
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: GETHSEMANE (Dykes)
Composer: John Bacchus Dykes, 1823-1876
Meter: 77.77.77
Incipit: 33321 17135 65513
Key: E♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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