O Jesus, Lord Most Merciful

O Je­sus

Lord most mer­ci­ful

Low at Thy cross I lie;

O sin­ner’s friend

most pi­ti­ful

Hear my be­wail­ing cry.

I come to Thee with mourn­ing

I come to Thee in woe;

With con­trite heart re­turn­ing

And tears that ov­er­flow.

O gra­cious in­ter­cess­or

O priest with­in the veil

Plead

for a lost trans­gress­or

The blood that can­not fail.

I spread my sins be­fore Thee

I tell them one by one;

O for Thy name’s great glo­ry

Forgive all I have done.

O by Thy cross and pass­ion

Thy tears and ago­ny

And crown of cru­el fa­shion

And death on Cal­va­ry;

By all that un­told suf­fer­ing

Endured by Thee alone;

O priest

O spot­less of­fer­ing

Plead for me

and atone.

And in this heart now brok­en

Re-enter Thou and reign;

And say

by that dear to­ken

I am ab­solved again;

And build me up

and guide me

And guard me day by day;

And in Thy pre­sence hide me

And keep my soul al­way.