Full Lyrics
VERSE 1
God of mercy and compassion! look with pity upon me.
Father, let me call Thee Father 'tis thy child return 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 earth above;
Where the saints rejoice for ever in a boundless sea of love.
VERSE 4
See our saviour, bleeding dying, on the cross of Calvary;
To the cross my sins have nailed him, yet he bleeds and dies for me.
