Tune: St Asaph
(\'Through the night of doubt and sorrow\')
Psalm 51 v.1-8 and v.16-17
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O God, have mercy upon me
Look on me, be gracious, see
Tend me with your loving-kindness
Come to me, forgive and bless
According to mercies tender
Many they be, me render
Blot out my sins, my transgressions
You do hear penitent ones
Wash me thoroughly, for I be
Here in my iniquity
Cleanse me from my sin, for I do
Confess I have sinned \'gainst you
Against you only have I sinned
Done this evil, love has thinned
Lord, you justified when speak you
And clear when you judge, \'tis true
Behold, I was brough forth, nature
Of sin had I from birth sure
Behold, you desire truth to be
In the inward parts, you see
And in the hidden part you shall
Make me to know wisdom well
Purge me with hyssop, so I be
Clean, washed, whiter than snow, me
Make me to hear joy and gladness
Once again, your peace no less
The sacrifices you desire
Are not burnt offerings by fire
But they are a spirit broken
And heart broken, contrite, then
You O God will not them despise
Forgiven by grace we rise