Text:Psalm 51
Author:Isaac Watts
Tune:WOODWORTH
Composer:W. B. Bradbury

296. Psalm 51

1 Show pity, Lord! O Lord! forgive;
Let a repenting rebel live;
Are not thy mercies large and free?
May not a sinner trust in thee?

2 Oh, wash my soul from every sin,
And make my guilty conscience clean;
Here on my heart the burden lies,
And past offences pain mine eyes.

3 My lips with shame my sins confess,
Against thy law, against thy grace:
Lord! should thy judgments grow severe,
I am condemned, but thou art clear.

4 Should sudden vengeance seize my breath,
I must pronounce thee just in death;
And if my soul were sent to hell,
Thy righteous law approves it well.

5 Yet save a trembling sinner, Lord!
Whose hope still hovering round thy word,
Would light on some sweet promise there,
Some sure support against despair.

Text Information
First Line: Show pity, Lord! O Lord! forgive
Title: Psalm 51
Author: Isaac Watts
Language: English
Publication Date: 1888
Scripture:
Topic: Atonement: Accepted; Backsliding; Conscience
Tune Information
Name: WOODWORTH
Composer: W. B. Bradbury
Meter: L. M.
Key: E♭ Major



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