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Text: | O Thou who hear'st when sinners cry |
Author: | I. Watts |
Tune: | [O Thou that hear'st when sinners cry] |
Arranger: | L. Mason |
1 O Thou that hear'st when sinners cry,
Though all my crimes before Thee lie,
Behold them not with angry look,
But blot their memory from Thy book.
2 Create my nature pure within,
And form my soul averse to sin;
Let Thy good Spirit ne'er depart,
Nor hide Thy presence from my heart.
3 I cannot live without Thy light,
Cast out and banish from Thy sight;
Thy holy joys, my God, restore
And guard me that I fall no more.
4 A broken heart, my God, my King,
Is all the sacrifice I bring:
The God of grace will ne'er despise
A broken heart for sacrifice.
5 O may Thy love inspire my tongue;
Salvation shall be all my song,
And all my powers shall join to bless
The Lord, my strength and righteousness.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | O Thou who hear'st when sinners cry |
Author: | I. Watts (1719) |
Meter: | L.M. |
Publication Date: | 1913 |
Topic: | The Church: Confession; Confession of Sin; Regeneration |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | [O Thou that hear'st when sinners cry] |
Arranger: | L. Mason (1834) |
Meter: | L.M. |
Key: | F Major |
Source: | Arr. from a Gregorian Chant |