ELHB Hymn 307
Lord, we confess our numerous faults
Isaac Watts (1709)
Hymn Text
307. Lord, we confess our numerous faults
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1 Lord, we confess our numerous faults,
How great our guilt has been:
Foolish and vain were all our thoughts,
And all our lives were sin.
How great our guilt has been:
Foolish and vain were all our thoughts,
And all our lives were sin.
2 But, O my soul, forever praise,
Forever love His name,
Who turns thy feet from dangerous ways
Of folly, sin, and shame.
Forever love His name,
Who turns thy feet from dangerous ways
Of folly, sin, and shame.
3 'Tis not by works of righteousness
Which our own hands have done,
But we are saved by sovereign grace
Abounding through His Son.
Which our own hands have done,
But we are saved by sovereign grace
Abounding through His Son.
4 'Tis from the mercy of our God
That all our hopes begin;
'Tis by the Water and the Blood
Our souls are washed from sin.
That all our hopes begin;
'Tis by the Water and the Blood
Our souls are washed from sin.
5 'Tis through the purchase of His death
Who hung upon the tree,
The Spirit is sent down to breathe
On such dry bones as we.
Who hung upon the tree,
The Spirit is sent down to breathe
On such dry bones as we.
Source noted on Hymnary: Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-book #307