O God, Most Merciful and True

O God

most mer­ci­ful and true

Thy na­ture to my soul im­part;

’Stablish with me the co­ve­nant new

And write sal­va­tion on my heart.

To real ho­li­ness re­stored

O let me gain my Sav­ior’s mind

And in the know­ledge of my Lord

Fullness of life eter­nal find!

Remember

Lord

my sins no more

That them I may no more fo­rget;

But

sunk in guilt­less shame ad­ore

In speech­less won­der at Thy feet.

O’er­whelmed with Thy stu­pen­dous grace

I shall not in Thy pre­sence move

But breathe un­ut­ter­able praise

And rap­tur­ous awe

and si­lent love.

Then ev­ery mur­mur­ing thought and vain

Expires

in sweet con­fu­sion lost;

I can­not of my cross com­plain

I can­not of my good­ness boast.

Pardoned for all that I have done

My mouth as in the dust I hide

And glo­ry give to God alone

My God for­ev­er pa­ci­fied.