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