Hymn 160: O Lord, turn not Thy face away

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Hymn: 160

Meter: C.M (8.6.8.6)

Season: Lenti, Ironupiwada

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O Lord, turn not Thy face away
From them that lowly lie,
Lamenting sore their sinful life
With tears and bitter cry.
Thy mercy-gates are open wide
To them that mourn their sin;
O shut them not against us, Lord,
But let us enter in.
We need not to confess our fault,
For surely Thou canst tell;
What we have done, and what we are,
Thou knowest very well.
Wherefore, to beg and to entreat,
With tears we come to Thee,
As children that have done amiss
Fall at their father's knee.
And need we, then, O Lord, repeat
The blessing which we crave,
When Thou dost know, before we speak,
The thing that we would have?
Mercy, O Lord, mercy we seek,
This is the total sum:
For mercy, Lord, is all our prayer;
Lord, let Thy mercy come. Amin.

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