| 1 | Have mercy, Lord, on me,
As Thou wert ever kind;
Let me, opprest with loads of guilt,
Thy wonted mercy find. |
| 2 | Wash off my foul offense,
And cleanse me from my sin;
For I confess my crime, and see
How great my guilt has been. |
| 3 | Make me to hear with joy
Thy kind forgiving voice:
That so the bones which Thou hast broke
May with fresh strength rejoice. |
| 4 | Blot out my crying sins,
Nor me in anger view;
Create in me a heart that’s clean,
An upright mind renew. |
| 5 | The joy Thy favor gives
Let me again obtain;
And Thy free Spirit’s firm support
My fainting soul sustain. Amen. |
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| 1 | Have mercy, Lord, on me,
As Thou wert ever kind;
Let me, opprest with loads of guilt,
Thy wonted mercy find. |
| 2 | Wash off my foul offense,
And cleanse me from my sin;
For I confess my crime, and see
How great my guilt has been. |
| 3 | The joy Thy favor gives
Let me again obtain,
And Thy free Spirit’s firm support
My fainting soul sustain. |
| 4 | To God the Father, Son,
And Spirit glory be,
As ’twas, and is, and shall be so
To all eternity. Amen. |
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| Book | Reference | Bible Text |
| Psalm | 25:11 | For thy name’s sake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity; for it is great. |
| Psalm | 51:1 | Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. |
| Psalm | 51:1-12 | 1 Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. 2 Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. 3 For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me. 4 Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest. 5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. 6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom. 7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. 8 Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice. 9 Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities. 10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. 11 Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me. 12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit. |
| Isaiah | 55:7 | Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. |
| Jeremiah | 31:18 | I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my God. |
| Ephesians | 4:30 | And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. |
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