The phrase "wretched" resonates through 10 hymns, touching hearts across generations.
wretched
...Are now the portion of my heart.
Poor, feeble, wretched, as I am,
I now can glory in Thy name;...
Are now the portion of my heart.
Poor, feeble, wretched, as I am,
I now can glory in Thy name;
...For me He suffered on th’ accursed tree,
For me—lost, wretched, vile, unworthy me.
For me in agony He groaned and died,...
For me He suffered on th’ accursed tree,
For me—lost, wretched, vile, unworthy me.
For me in agony He groaned and died,
...Beset with sorrow round.
Thou wouldst like wretched man be made
In everything but sin,...
Beset with sorrow round.
Thou wouldst like wretched man be made
In everything but sin,
...O Lamb of God, I come, I come!
Just as I am, poor, wretched, blind;
Sight, riches, healing of the mind;...
O Lamb of God, I come, I come!
Just as I am, poor, wretched, blind;
Sight, riches, healing of the mind;
...None to praise me or to console me.
I would rather be desolate, wretched,
Lonely, friendless, and wrongly treated....
None to praise me or to console me.
I would rather be desolate, wretched,
Lonely, friendless, and wrongly treated.
...start
Come, ye sinners, poor and wretched,
Weak and wounded, sick and sore;...
start
Come, ye sinners, poor and wretched,
Weak and wounded, sick and sore;
...Stuck here, bruised and lame
Will this wretched road be my deathbed?
Can somebody help me?...
Stuck here, bruised and lame
Will this wretched road be my deathbed?
Can somebody help me?
...God’s mercy is my crown.
His love a wretched soul embraced,
Transforms to glory-bound....
God’s mercy is my crown.
His love a wretched soul embraced,
Transforms to glory-bound.
...O how bitter is my case!
Who this wretched slave can free,
Who deliver from this death,...
O how bitter is my case!
Who this wretched slave can free,
Who deliver from this death,
...No hope have I but mercy Thine
Upon this wretched heart of mine.
I grope — at once His mercy find....
No hope have I but mercy Thine
Upon this wretched heart of mine.
I grope — at once His mercy find.
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