TLH Hymn 323
With Broken Heart and Contrite Sigh
317-331 Confession and Absolution
Hymn Text
323. 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 conscious guilt opprest:
Christ and His cross my only plea,-
O God, be merciful to me!
With deep and conscious guilt opprest:
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!
5. 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!
With all the ransomed throng I dwell,
My raptured song shall ever be,
O God, be merciful to me!