Penitential Hymn, Hymn 2

Will the pardoning God despise
A poor mourner's sacrifice,
One who brings his all to Thee,
All his sin and misery!

Saviour, see my troubled breast,
Heaving, panting after rest,
Jesu, mark my hollow eye,
Never closed, and never dry.

Listen to my plaintive moans,
Deep uninterrupted groans,
Keep not silence at my tears,
Quiet all my griefs and fears.

Good Physician, show Thine art,
Bind Thou up my broken heart;
Aches it not for Thee, my God,
Pants to feel Thy balmy blood?

Gushing from Thy wounded side
Might I feel it now applied,
Wouldst Thou in my last distress
Heal, and bid me die in peace!

Jesus, answer all Thy name,
Save me from my fear, and shame,
Sunk in desperate misery,
Sinner's Friend, remember me.

By Thy bonds my soul release,
By Thy pain mine anguish ease,
By Thy bloody sweat, I pray,
Wash my inbred sin away.

Quicken by Thy parting breath,
By Thy life-inspiring death,
Save me, by Thy burial save,
Hide me in Thy quiet grave.

Screen my faint devoted head,
Write me free among the dead,
With Thy pardoning mercy blest
Take me to my endless rest.