1 Have mercy Lord, on us we pray, Thy grace to us reveal; O turn thy Plagues from us away Tho' we deserve them well.
2 Thy punishments are justly due, And answer to our crimes! And we are made to feel them too, In these distressing times.
3 Lord, what destruction death has made, How has it swept our towns; What numbers number'd with the dead, In neighbouring places round.
4 Death visits us in all our homes, And there makes his abode: And hurries mortals to their tombs That sink beneath his load.
5 Well may we sorrow, weep and mourn, And pray with all our heart: That God in mercy may return, And bid our Plagues depart.
Source: Church Hymn Book: consisting of newly composed hymns with the addition of hymns and psalms, from other authors, carefully adapted for the use of public worship, and many other occasions (1st ed.) #CLVII