Please give today to support Hymnary.org during one of only two fund drives we run each year. Each month, Hymnary serves more than 1 million users from around the globe, thanks to the generous support of people like you, and we are so grateful.

Tax-deductible donations can be made securely online using this link.

Alternatively, you may write a check to CCEL and mail it to:
Christian Classics Ethereal Library, 3201 Burton SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546

51a. God, Be Merciful to Me

1 God, be merciful to me,
on Your grace I rest my plea;
Your compassions overflow;
blot out my transgressions now;
wash me, make me pure within,
cleanse, O cleanse me from my sin.

2 My transgressions I confess,
grief and guilt my soul oppress;
I have sinned against Your grace
and provoked You to Your face;
I confess Your judgment just;
speechless, I Your mercy trust.

3 I am evil, born in sin;
You desire all truth within.
You alone my Savior are;
Teach Your wisdom to my heart;
make me pure, Your grace bestow,
Wash me whiter than the snow.

4 Broken, humbled to the dust
by Your wrath and judgment just;
let my contrite heart rejoice
and in gladness hear Your voice;
From my sins, O hide Your face,
blot them out in boundless grace.

5 Gracious God, my heart renew,
make my spirit right and true;
let me not abandoned be,
let Your Spirit dwell in me;
Your salvation’s joy impart,
steadfast make my willing heart.

6 Sinners then shall learn from me;
and to God, restored shall be;
Savior, all my guilt remove,
And my tongue shall sing Your love;
Teach my silent lips, O LORD,
and my mouth shall praise accord.

7 No attempted sacrifice
has acceptance in Your eyes;
broken hearts are in Your sight
more than sacrificial rite;
contrite spirit, pleading cries,
You, O God, will not despise.

Text Information
First Line: God, be merciful to me
Title: God, Be Merciful to Me
Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7
Language: English
Publication Date: 2022
Scripture:
Source: The Psalter, 1912, alt.
Tune Information
Name: REDHEAD
Composer: Richard Redhead (1835)
Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7
Key: D Major



Media
More media are available on the text authority and tune authority pages.

Suggestions or corrections? Contact us
It looks like you are using an ad-blocker. Ad revenue helps keep us running. Please consider white-listing Hymnary.org or getting Hymnary Pro to eliminate ads entirely and help support Hymnary.org.