Lutheran Hymnody
The Hymns
CONFESSION AND ABSOLUTION
325
O Thou that Hear’st when Sinners Cry
L. M.
Hamburg
Ps. 51
Isaac Watts, 1719, cento, alt.
Based on First Gregorian Chant
Arr. by Lowell Mason, 1824
His
Cast
And
Though
it,
Thy
with
ners
light,
in
cry
Lord,
help
out
form
all
and
and
my
my
can
I
ate
Thou
live
na
hear’st
have
not
my
that
1
O
Cre
4
Though
3
I
2
Spir
out
pure
sin
grieved
Thy
with
ture
when
near
God,
ne’er
an
now
joys,
Spir
not
a
come
my
it
with
Thy
re
de
gry
crimes
soul
ban
com
be
still
from
verse
fore
Thy
af
to
Thee
fort
ish
And
Thy
Be
me
ly
good
them
Let
let
ho
Thy
hold
ford
sight;
sin;
lie,
plead
that
mer
mem
pres
of
their
Thy
me
the
’ry
ence
I
its
from
from
fall
look,
part
store
throne
blot
hide
guard
But
Nor
And
To
men.
A
Thy
Thy
my
no
book.
heart.
more.
Son.
5
A broken heart, my God, my King,
Is all the sacrifice I bring.
Look down, O Lord, with pitying eye
And save the soul condemned to die.
6
Oh, may Thy love inspire my tongue
Salvation shall be all my song;
And all my pow’rs shall join to bless
The Lord, my Strength and Righteousness.
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