L.M. Psalm li 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 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.
3 Lord I am vile, conceived in sin, And born unholy and unclean, Sprung from the man whose guilty fall Corrupts the race and taints us all.
4 Behold, I fall before thy face; My only refuge is thy grace; No outward form can make me clean, The leprosy lies deep within.
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.
6 A broken heart, my God, my King Is all the sacrifice I bring; The God of grace will ne'er despise A broken heart for sacrifice. ==L.M. SECOND PART
7 O THOU that hear'st when sinners cry, Though all my crimes before thee lie, Behold me not with angry look, But blot their memory from thy book!
8 Create my nature pure within, And form my soul averse from sin; Let thy good Spirit ne'er depart, Nor hide thy presence from my heart.
9 I cannot live without thy light, Cast out and banished from thy sight: Thy saving strength, O Lord, restore, And guard me that I fall no more.
10 Though I have grieved thy Spirit, Lord, His help and comfort still afford; And let a wretch come near thy throne, To plead the merits of thy Son.
11 My soul lies humbled in the dust, And owns thy dreadful sentence just: Look down, O Lord, with pitying eye, And save the soul condemned to die.
12 Then will I teach the world thy ways; Sinners shall learn thy sovereign grace; I'll lead them to my Saviour's blood, And they shall praise a pardoning God.
13 O may thy love inspire my tongue! Salvation shall be all my song, And all my powers shall join to bless The Lord my strength and righteousness.
