God Be Merciful to Me
Graceful Redemption: A Plea for Mercy in Worship
Lyrics
God be merciful to me
Request for God's mercy
On Thy grace I rest my plea
Expressing reliance on God's grace
Plenteous in compassion Thou
Acknowledging God's abundance of compassion
Blot out my transgressions now
Plea for forgiveness and removal of sins
Wash me make me pure within
Seeking internal purification through God's cleansing
Cleanse, O cleanse me from my sin
Request for cleansing from sins
My transgressions I confess
Admitting and confessing personal transgressions
Grief and guilt my soul oppress
Expressing the burden of grief and guilt
I have sinned against Thy grace
Acknowledging sinfulness against God's grace
And provoked Thee to Thy face
Confession of provoking God
I confess Thy judgement just
Agreeing with God's just judgment
Speechless, I Thy mercy trust
Speechless trust in God's mercy
Broken, humbled to the dust
Expressing brokenness and humility
By Thy wrath and judgment just
Acknowledging God's wrath as just
Let my contrite heart rejoice
Seeking joy through a contrite heart
And in gladness hear Thy voice
Desiring to hear God's voice with gladness
From my sins, oh, hide Thy face
Plea for God to hide His face from sins
Blot them out in boundless grace
Asking for the removal of sins through boundless grace
Gracious God, my heart, renew
Request for the renewal of the heart by God's grace
Make my spirit right and true
Seeking a right and true spirit
Cast me not away from Thee
Plea to not be cast away from God
Let Thy spirit dwell in me
Desire for God's spirit to dwell within
Thy salvation's joy impart
Seeking the joy of God's salvation
Steadfast make my willing heart
Request for a steadfast and willing heart
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