Great King of Nations, Hear Our Prayer

Great King of na­tions

hear our pray­er

While at Thy feet we fall

And hum­bly with unit­ed cry

To Thee for mer­cy call;

The guilt is ours

but grace is Thine

O turn us not away;

But hear us from Thy lof­ty throne

And help us when we pray.

Our fa­thers’ sins were ma­ni­fold

And ours no less we own

Yet won­drous­ly from age to age

Thy good­ness has been shown;

When dan­gers

like a stor­my sea

Beset our coun­try round

To Thee we looked

to Thee we cried

And help in Thee was found.

With one con­sent we meek­ly bow

Beneath Thy chast­en­ing hand

And

pour­ing forth con­fess­ion meet

Mourn with our mourn­ing land;

With pi­tying eye be­hold our need

As thus we lift our pray­er;

Correct us with Thy judg­ments

Lord

Then let Thy mer­cy spare.