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Text:Have Mercy
Author:Joseph Carlyle
Tune:HAVE MERCY
Composer:Rachel Wilhelm

84. Have Mercy

1. Lord, when we bend before thy throne,
And our confessions pour,
Teach us to feel the sins we own,
And hate what we deplore.

Refrain:
Have mercy, have mercy,
Have mercy, have mercy.

2. Our broken spirits, pitying see;
True penitence impart;
And let a kindling glance from thee
Light hope within the heart. [Refrain]

3. When we disclose our wants in prayer,
May we our wills resign;
And not a thought our hearts will share
That is not wholly thine. [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: Lord, when we bend before thy throne
Title: Have Mercy
Author: Joseph Carlyle (1802)
Refrain First Line: Have mercy, have mercy
Meter: 8.6.8.6 with refrain
Language: English
Publication Date: 2024
Scripture:
Topic: Lent
Notes: Text by Joseph Carlyle, from A Collection of Psalms & Hymns (1802), alt.
Tune Information
Name: HAVE MERCY
Composer: Rachel Wilhelm (2016)
Meter: 8.6.8.6 with refrain
Incipit: 71711 7765
Key: b minor or modal
Copyright: ©2016 Rachel Wilhelm (BMI)
Notes: Tune HAVE MECRY by Rachel Wilhelm, from her album A Kindling Glance (2016).



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