Hear my cry, O God!

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!

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!

No alms or 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 throng I dwell,
My raptured song shall ever be,

O God, be merciful to me!

Author: Cornelius Elven

Tune: “Just As I Am” by William B. Bradley