Verse 1

DEPTH of mercy! can there be Mercy still reserved for me? Can my God His wrath forbear? Me, the chief of sinners, spare?

Verse 2

I have long withstood His grace, Long provoked Him to His face, Would not hearken to His calls, Grieved Him by a thousand falls.

Verse 3

Whence to me this waste of love? Ask my Advocate above! See the cause in Jesu’s face, Now before the throne of grace.

Verse 4

There for me the Saviour stands; Shows His wounds and spreads His hands. God is love; I know, I feel; Jesus lives, and loves me still.

Verse 5

Jesus, answer from above: Is not all Thy nature love? Wilt Thou not the wrong forget, Suffer me to kiss Thy feet?

Verse 6

Pity from Thine eye let fall, By a look my soul recall; Now the stone to flesh convert, Cast a look, and break my heart.

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