- God of mercy and compassion,
Look with pity upon me.
Father, let me call thee Father,
Tis thy child returns to thee.
Chorus: Jesus Lord, I ask for mercy,
Let me not implore in vain.
All my sins I now detest them,
Never will I sin again.
- By my sins I have deserved,
Death and endless misery.
Hell with all its pains and torments,
And for all eternity. - By my sins I have abandoned.
Right and claim to heaven above,
Where the saints rejoice forever,
In a boundless sea of love. - See our Saviour, bleeding, dying,
On the Cross of Calvary.
To that cross my sins have nailed him,
Yet he bleeds and dies for me.