Common Service Book of the Lutheran Church ‎#316

316. With broken heart and contrite sigh

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!

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!

3 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!

4 And when, redeemed from sin and hell,
With all the ransomed throng I dwell,
My raptured song shall ever be:
God hath been merciful to me.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: With broken heart and contrite sigh
• Author: Cornelius Elven (1852)
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1917
• Topic: The Christian Life: Repentance

Tune Information

• Name: RIVAULX
• Composer: John B. Dykes (1866)
• Meter: L. M.
• Key: D Major