Laudes Domini ‎#610

610. "Be merciful, O God"

1 With broken heart and contrite sigh,
A trembling sinner, Lord, I cry:
Thy pardoning grace is rich and free:
O God, be merciful to me!

2 I smite upon my troubled breast,
With deep and conscious guilt oppressed;
Christ and his cross my only plea:
O God, be merciful to me!

3 Nor alms, nor deeds that I have done,
Can for a single sin atone;
To Calvary alone I flee:
O God, be merciful to me!

4 And when, redeemed from sin and hell,
With all the ransomed throng I dwell,
My raptured song shall ever be,
God has been merciful to me!

Text Information

• First Line: With broken heart and contrite sigh
• Title: "Be merciful, O God"
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1884
• Topic: Atonement: Accepted; Contrition; Law of God: Conviction under; Repentance
• Notes: Public Domain

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