The Sinner — Repentance and Acceptance

Show pity, Lord; O Lord, forgive!

No. 434
Words Isaac Watts.
Singing key E♭ major
4 stanzas

Sung to UXBRIDGE (hymn 624)

Words

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

My crimes, though great, do not surpassThe power and glory of thy grace;O, wash my soul from every sin,And make my guilty conscience clean!

My lips with shame my sins confess,Against thy law, against thy grace;Lord, should thy judgment be severe,I am condemned, but thou art clear.

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.

About this hymn

As printed Words only. As printed: hymn number «434» (large) in the right column of p. 141, under «Thomas Moore.» of hymn 433, with the italic reference line «624, 538, 101.» (= sing to the tunes of hymns 624, 538 or 101) beside the number; four stanzas, numbered «1»–«4»; «Isaac Watts.» in italics after stanza 4. The first word «SHOW» is set in capitals and small capitals. In this hymn all four lines of each stanza are set flush (lines 2 and 4 are NOT indented). The print sets a thin space before «;», «!» and «?» («Lord ;», «forgive !», «free ?»); it is closed up here. No meter is printed (the text is L. M., like the three tunes referred to). Spelling and punctuation («judgment») are the print's.