English Lyrics Have mercy upon me, O God, after thy great goodness: according to the multitude of thy mercies do away mine offences. Wash me throughly from my wickedness: and cleanse me from my sin. For I acknowledge my faults: and my sin is ever before me. Against thee only have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified in thy saying, and clear when thou art judged. Behold, I was shapen in wickedness: and in sin hath my mother conceived me. But lo, thou requirest truth in the inward parts: and shalt make me to understand wisdom secretly. Thou shalt purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: thou shalt wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Thou shalt make me hear of joy and gladness: that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice. Turn thy face from my sins: and put out all my misdeeds. Make me a clean heart, O God: and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from thy presence: and take not thy holy Spirit from me. O give me the comfort of thy help again: and stablish me with thy free Spirit. Then shall I teach thy ways unto the wicked: and sinners shall be converted unto thee. Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O God, thou that art the God of my health: and my tongue shall sing of thy righteousness. Thou shalt open my lips, O Lord: and my mouth shall shew thy praise. For thou desirest no sacrifice, else would I give it thee: but thou delightest not in burnt-offerings. The sacrifice of God is a troubled spirit: a broken and contrite heart, O God, shalt thou not despise. O be favourable and gracious unto Sion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem. Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifice of righteousness, with the burnt-offerings and oblations: then shall they offer young bullocks upon thine altar.
“Love Divine, All Loves Excelling” is a Christian hymn by Charles Wesley on Christian perfection. Judging by general repute, it is among Wesley’s finest. Judging by its distribution, it is also among his most successful. Like many hymns, Love Divine is loosely Trinitarian in organization: Christ is invoked in the first stanza as the expression…
English Lyrics Beauty for brokennessHope for despairLord, in your sufferingThis is our prayerBread for the childrenJustice, joy, peaceSunrise to sunsetYour kingdom increase!Shelter for fragile livesCures for their illsWork for the craftsmanTrade for their skillsLand for the dispossessedRights for the weakVoices to plead the causeOf those who can’t speakGod of the poorFriend of the weakGive us…
Hymn tune: FINALNDIA, from Jean Sibelius’ (1865 – 1957) symphonic poem Finlandia.Text: Original German text (“Stille meine Wille, dein Jesus hilft siegen”) written by Katharina von Schlegel (1697 – 1768) in 1752. Translated into English in 1855 by Jane Laurie Borthwick (1813 – 1897). English Lyrics [Verse 1]Be still, my soul: the Lord is on…
“Guide Me, O Thou Great Redeemer” is a hymn based on Psalm 23, which is one of the most well-known and beloved chapters in the Bible. The psalm itself is attributed to King David, who is considered one of the greatest kings in Israel’s history and a man after God’s own heart. The psalm is…
English Lyrics There is a redeemerJesus, God’s own SonPrecious Lamb of God, MessiahHoly OneJesus my redeemerName above all namesPrecious Lamb of God, MessiahOh, for sinners slainThank you, oh my fatherFor giving us Your SonAnd leaving Your Spirit‘Til the work on Earth is doneWhen I stand in GloryI will see His faceAnd there I’ll serve my…
