Text:Before thee, God, who knowest all
Author:Magnus B. Landstad
Translator:Carl Döving
Tune:THE LORD'S PRAYER (VATER UNSER)

409. Before thee, God, who knowest all

1 Before thee, God, who knowest all,
With grief and shame I prostrate fall.
I see my sins against thee, Lord,
The sins of thought, of deed, and word.
They press me sore: I cry to thee:
O God, be merciful to me!

2 O Lord, my God, to thee I pray:
O cast me not in wrath away!
Let thy good Spirit ne'er depart,
But let him draw to thee my heart
That truly penitent I be:
O God, be merciful to me!

3 O Jesus, let thy precious blood
Be to my soul a cleansing flood.
Turn not, O Lord, thy guest away,
But grant that justified I may
Go to my house at peace with thee:
O God, be merciful to me!

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: Before thee, God, who knowest all
Author: Magnus B. Landstad (1861)
Translator: Carl Döving (1909)
Meter: 8. 8. 8. 8. 8. 8.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1961
Topic: Christian Life: Repentance; God: Mercy of; Heart: Contrite (2 more...)
Tune Information
Name: THE LORD'S PRAYER (VATER UNSER)
Meter: 8. 8. 8. 8. 8. 8.
Key: c minor
Source: Schumann's Gesangbuch, 1539



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