A Penitent Pleading for Pardon

Show pity, Lord! O Lord, forgive;

Let a repenting rebel live;

Are not Thy mercies large and free?

May not a sinner trust in Thee?

My crimes are great, but don't surpass

The power and glory of Thy grace;

Great God! Thy nature hath no bound;

So let Thy pardoning love be found.

O wash my soul from every sin,

And make my guilty conscience clean;

Here on my heart the burden lies,

And past offences pain my eyes.

My lips with shame my sins confess,

Against Thy law, against Thy grace;

Lord, should Thy judgment grow severe,

I am condemned, but Thou art clear.