Show Mercy, Lord, Reveal Thy Power

Show mer­cy

Lord

re­veal Thy pow­er;

Turn Thy af­flict­ing hand;

That much de­sir­èd peace re­store

To this

our wretch­ed land.

We have of­fend­ed Thee

our God!

Our crimes are ve­ry great;

Sedition

war

and shed­ding blood

Deserve to be our fate.

Long have Thine of­fers been de­nied;

In vain Thy calls have been;

Well we de­serve to be de­stroyed

And per­ish in our sin.

Our en­emies with all their hosts

Invade us ev­ery­where;

They trou­ble us in all our coasts

And fill our land with fear.

What num­bers of our fel­low men

Become a prey to death;

When in the field of bat­tle slain

And there re­sign their breath.

Whilst oth­ers are swept off the stage

By var­ious com­plaints

Which

in our guil­ty camps do rage

And hur­ry them from hence.

What sor­rows

trou­bles

griefs and woes

In ev­ery place abound;

What num­bers of our cru­el foes

Encompass us around.

We grieve to see the great dis­tress

The pre­sent times have made;

Poor wi­dows

or­phans fa­ther­less

Without sup­port or aid.

Have mer­cy gra­cious God! we pray

Lord

hear the cries we make;

O! cast us not from Thee away

Spare us for Je­sus’ sake.