380 Lord of mercy and compassion (E)

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God of mercy and compassion, Look with pity upon me. Father, let me call Thee Father, ’Tis Thy child returns to Thee.

Chorus

Jesus, Lord, I ask for mercy; Let me not implore in vain; All my sins—I now detest them, Never will I sin again.

By my sins I have deserved Death and endless misery; Hell, with all its pains and torments, And for all eternity.

Chorus

Jesus, Lord, I ask for mercy; Let me not implore in vain; All my sins—I now detest them, Never will I sin again.

By my sins I have abandoned Right and claim to Heav’n above, Where the saints rejoice forever, In a boundless sea of love.

Chorus

Jesus, Lord, I ask for mercy; Let me not implore in vain; All my sins—I now detest them, Never will I sin again.

See our Savior, bleeding, dying, On the cross of Calvary; To that cross my sins have nailed Him, Yet He bleeds and dies for me.

Chorus

Jesus, Lord, I ask for mercy; Let me not implore in vain; All my sins—I now detest them, Never will I sin again.