Gracious God, My Heart Renew

Gracious God

my heart re­new

Make my spir­it right and true;

Cast me not away from Thee

Let Thy Spir­it dwell in me;

Thy sal­va­tion’s joy im­part

Steadfast make my will­ing heart.

Sinners then shall learn from me

And re­turn

O God

to Thee;

Savior

all my guilt re­move

And my tongue shall sing Thy love;

Touch my si­lent lips

O Lord

And my mouth shall praise ac­cord.

Not the for­mal sac­ri­fice

Has ac­cept­ance in Thine eyes;

Broken hearts are in Thy sight

More than sac­ri­fi­cial rite;

Contrite spir­it

plead­ing cries

Thou

O God

will not de­spise.

Prosper Zi­on in Thy grace

And her brok­en walls re­place:

Then our right­eous sac­ri­fice

Shall de­light Thy ho­ly eyes;

Free-will of­fer­ings

glad­ly made

On Thine al­tar shall be laid.