ELHB Hymn 418
With broken heart, and contrite sigh
Cornelius Elven (1852)
Hymn Text
418. With broken heart, and contrite sigh
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1 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!
A trembling sinner, Lord, I cry;
Thy pardoning grace is rich and free:
O God, be merciful to me!
2 I smite upon my troubled breast,
With deep and conscience guilt oppressed;
Christ and His cross my only plea;
O God, be merciful to me!
With deep and conscience guilt oppressed;
Christ and His cross my only plea;
O God, be merciful to me!
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!
Nor dare uplift them to the skies;
But Thou dost all my anguish see;
O God, be merciful to me!
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!
Can for a single sin atone;
To Calvary alone I flee;
O God, be merciful to me!
Source noted on Hymnary: Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-book #418