LYRICS
| Meter: | 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
| Writer(s): | John Marckant
| Transl/Adapt: |
| Dates: | 1562
| Bible Refs: | Ps 143:2
| Church Hymnal (Church of Ireland) 1919
| 1919
| 117
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, New Edition
| 1904
| 103
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, Revised
| 1950
| 93
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, Standard
| 1922
| 93
| Oxford Hymn Book
| 1925
| 82
| Sarum Hymnal
| 1869
| 85
| The Book of Common Praise - Revised
| 1938
| 107
| The Church Hymnal for the Christian Year
| 1917
| 218
| The English Hymnal
| 1906
| 84
| Universal Hymn Book
| 1885
| 529
| Yattendon Hymnal
| 1900
| 33
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MUSIC
| Name: | ST. MARY
| | Meter: | 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
| | Writer(s): | Prys' Psalter
| | Dates: | 1621
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Hymns and Psalms with SA Sup.
| 420
| Eb
| Baptist Hymn Book
| 139
| F
| Baptist Hymn Book
| 148
| F
| Hymns and Psalms with SA Sup.
| 446
| F
| Methodist Hymn Book - Hymns
| 175
| F
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, Standard
| 93
| F
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Alternate Tunes
| BANGOR | 8 6 8 6 (C.M.) | William Tans'ur | | SOUTHWOLD | 8 6 8 6 (C.M.) | Henry John Gauntlett |
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| 1. O Lord, turn not Thy face from me,
Who lie in woeful state,
Lamenting all my sinful life
Before Thy mercy-gate.
2. A gate which opens wide to those
That do lament their sin;
Shut not that gate against me, Lord,
But let me enter in.
3. And call me not to strict account
How I have sojourned here;
For then my guilty conscience knows
How vile I shall appear.
4. So come I to Thy mercy gate,
Where mercy doth abound,
Requiring mercy for my sin
To heal my deadly wound.
5. Mercy, good Lord, mercy I ask;
This is my humble prayer;
For mercy, Lord is all my suit,
O let Thy mercy spare.
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