The phrase "Contrite" resonates through 15 hymns, touching hearts across generations.
Contrite
...Where Jesus reigns alone.
A humble, lowly, contrite heart,
Believing, true, and clean,...
Where Jesus reigns alone.
A humble, lowly, contrite heart,
Believing, true, and clean,
...His healing power the Savior brings;
Oh, let us hide with contrite hearts
Beneath His healing wings....
His healing power the Savior brings;
Oh, let us hide with contrite hearts
Beneath His healing wings.
...But to this kind of man will I look, to him who is poor
And of a contrite spirit, and who trembles at My word.
Where then is the house you’ll build for Me,...
But to this kind of man will I look, to him who is poor
And of a contrite spirit, and who trembles at My word.
Where then is the house you’ll build for Me,
...start
With broken heart and contrite sigh,
A trembling sinner, Lord, I cry;...
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With broken heart and contrite sigh,
A trembling sinner, Lord, I cry;
...And, O Lord, deign Thou to save
Contrite souls, that lowly bending,
Pray for life beyond the grave....
And, O Lord, deign Thou to save
Contrite souls, that lowly bending,
Pray for life beyond the grave.
...Come, let us to the Lord our God
With contrite heart return;
Our God is gracious, nor will leave...
Come, let us to the Lord our God
With contrite heart return;
Our God is gracious, nor will leave
...Hindrances and trials would come when we walk with the Lord,
Through suff’rings we’d be humbled and in spirit contrite,
And be exposed through testing, thus purged and purified....
Hindrances and trials would come when we walk with the Lord,
Through suff’rings we’d be humbled and in spirit contrite,
And be exposed through testing, thus purged and purified.
...Thou leadest by Thy hand.
The broken, contrite heart,
Is ne’er despised by Thee;...
Thou leadest by Thy hand.
The broken, contrite heart,
Is ne’er despised by Thee;
...More than sacrificial rite;
Contrite spirit, pleading cries,
Thou, O God, will not despise....
More than sacrificial rite;
Contrite spirit, pleading cries,
Thou, O God, will not despise.
...O God, You won’t despise
A broken and a contrite heart;
For in sacrifice You do not delight....
O God, You won’t despise
A broken and a contrite heart;
For in sacrifice You do not delight.
...The broken heart the Lord will favor;
The contrite spirit He will bless;
He came to be the lost one’s Savior;...
The broken heart the Lord will favor;
The contrite spirit He will bless;
He came to be the lost one’s Savior;
...O Savior of mankind!
O Hope of every contrite heart,
O Joy of all the meek,...
O Savior of mankind!
O Hope of every contrite heart,
O Joy of all the meek,
...Nor gather up the fragments of Thy feast;
Yet look on us, Thy sorrowing contrite ones,
On us in Him our Advocate and Priest,...
Nor gather up the fragments of Thy feast;
Yet look on us, Thy sorrowing contrite ones,
On us in Him our Advocate and Priest,
...Be pardoned, full and free!
Contrite they plead their every need,
Thy grace will e’en fulfill,...
Be pardoned, full and free!
Contrite they plead their every need,
Thy grace will e’en fulfill,
...The Lord is pleased to build His home
In every contrite heart;
The feeble in His hand become...
The Lord is pleased to build His home
In every contrite heart;
The feeble in His hand become
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