By A Collection of Hymns

      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.