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VERSE 1
God of mercy and compassion,
Look with pity upon me.
Father, let me call thee Father,
'Tis Thy child returns to Thee.
REFRAIN
Jesus, Lord, I ask for mercy;
Let me not implore in vain.
All my sins, I now detest them,
Never will I sin again.
VERSE 2
By my sins I have deserved
Death and endless misery,
Hell with all its pains and torments,
And for all eternity.
VERSE 3
By my sins I have abandoned
Right and claim to heaven above,
Where the saints rejoice forever
In a boundless sea of love.
VERSE 4
See our Saviour bleeding, dying,
On the cross of Calvary;
To that cross my sins have nailed Him,
Yet He bleeds and dies for me.
