LOOK upon me, O Lord, forgive, Let a repenting sinner live; By all Thy mercies large and free, I come, dear Lord, to trust in Thee.
Great is my sin—but high above Towers the great mercy of Thy love; Such grace and kindness know no bound Where’er repentant souls are found.
O wash my soul from every sin, And make my guilty conscience clean; For on my heart the burden lies, And my offences pain my eyes.
With shame I all my sin confess, Sins against law and truth and grace; And if my soul condemned should be, That would be just and right for me.
Yet save a worthless sinner, Lord, For I believe Thy gracious Word, And trust the words of promise there, That Thou wilt surely hear my prayer.
Based on Isaac Watts, 1674-1748