ELHB Hymn 430
Thy table I approach
Gerhard Walther Molanus
Hymn Text
430. Thy table I approach
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1 Thy table I approach,
Dear Savior, hear my prayer,
O let no unrepented sin
Prove hurtful to me there.
Dear Savior, hear my prayer,
O let no unrepented sin
Prove hurtful to me there.
2 Lo, I confess my sins,
And mourn their wretched bands;
A contrite heart is ever wont
To find grace at Thy hands.
And mourn their wretched bands;
A contrite heart is ever wont
To find grace at Thy hands.
3 Thy body and Thy blood,
Once slain and shed for me,
Are taken at Thy table here--
A wondrous mystery!
Once slain and shed for me,
Are taken at Thy table here--
A wondrous mystery!
4 Here I with mouth and soul,
Incomprehensibly,
Shall eat the precious flesh of Christ
In blest reality.
Incomprehensibly,
Shall eat the precious flesh of Christ
In blest reality.
5 Search not how this takes place,
Nor whether it can be;
God can accomplish vastly more
Than seemeth plain to thee.
Nor whether it can be;
God can accomplish vastly more
Than seemeth plain to thee.
6 Vouchsafe, O blessed Lord,
That earth and hell combined,
May ne'er about this Sacrament
A doubt raise in my mind.
That earth and hell combined,
May ne'er about this Sacrament
A doubt raise in my mind.
Source noted on Hymnary: Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-book #430