Sunday, October 28, 2012

O God, Be Merciful To Me...


 
With broken heart and contrite sigh,
A trembling sinner, Lord, I cry;
Thy pard'ning grace is rich and free:
O God, be merciful to me.
 
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.
Far off I stand with tearful eyes,
Nor dare uplift them to the skies;
But thou dost all my anguish see:
O God, be merciful to me.
 
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.
 
And when, redeemed from sin and hell,
With all the ransomed throne I dwell,
My raptured song shall ever be...
 
"God has been merciful to me".
 
 
~ Cornelius Elven ~