The Cyber Hymnal ‎#7518

7518. With Broken Heart and Contrite Sigh

1. With broken heart and contrite sigh,
A trembling sinner, Lord, I cry;
Thy pard’ning grace is rich and free:
O God, be merciful to me.

2. I smite upon my troubled breast,
With deep and conscious guilt oppressed,
Christ and His cross my only plea:
O God, be merciful to me.

3. Far off I stand with tearful eyes,
Nor dare uplift them to the skies;
But Thou dost all my anguish see:
O God, be merciful to me.

4. Nor alms, nor deeds that I have done,
Can for a single sin atone;
To Calvary alone I flee:
O God, be merciful to me.

5. And when, redeemed from sin and hell,
With all the ransomed throng I dwell,
My raptured song shall ever be,
God has been merciful to me.

Text Information

• First Line: With broken heart and contrite sigh
• Title: With Broken Heart and Contrite Sigh
• Author: Cornelius Elven (1852)
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Alternate tunes: ST. LUKE (CLARKE), Jeremiah Clarke, 1707; WARNER, arranged from Rossini by George Kingsley, 1853

Tune Information

• Name: GRACE CHURCH
• Composer: Ignaz Josef Pleyel (1815)
• Meter: LM
• Incipit: 33217 12355 43217
• Key: F Major
• Copyright: Public Domain