Verse 1

WITH broken heart and contrite sigh, A trembling sinner, Lord, I cry; Thy pardoning grace is rich and free: O God, be merciful to me!

Verse 2

I smite upon my troubled breast With deep and conscious guilt oppressed; Christ and His cross my only plea: O God, be merciful to me!

Verse 3

Far off I stand with tearful eyes, Nor dare uplift them to the skies; But Thou dost all my anguish see; O God, be merciful to me!

Verse 4

Nor alms nor deeds that I have done, Can for a single sin atone: To Calvary alone I flee; O God, be merciful to me!

Verse 5

And when, redeemed from sin and hell, With all the ransomed throng I dwell, My ruptured song shall ever be: God, has been merciful to me!

History of With Broken Heart And Contrite Sigh A