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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. |
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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. |
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3 | 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. |
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4 | 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. |
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5 | 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. |
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Cornelius Elven, 1797-1873 |