Bible Songs

Bible Songs #105 "The Penitent's Prayer and Confession" (Psalm 51:1-8)
1. Lord, to me compassion show,
As Thy tender mercies flow;
In Thy vast and boundless grace
My transgressions all erase;
Wash me wholly from my sins,
Cleanse me from my guilty stains.
2. For my great transgression lies
Ever present to my eyes;
I have sinned ‘gainst Thee alone,
In Thy sight this evil done,
That Thy judgment may be clear
And Thy speaking just appear.
3. Lo, conceived was I in sin,
Born unholy and unclean;
Yet Thou dost desire to find
Truth sincere within the mind,
And Thou wilt within my heart
Wisdom unto me impart.
4. Wash from ev’ry guilty stain,
Cleanse with hyssop,
make me clean;
Then from all pollution free,
Whiter than the snow I’ll be.
Let me hear joy’s cheering tones,
Making glad these broken bones.
TEXT: The Psalter of 1871
TUNE: TOPLADY, Thomas Hastings, 1830
Bible Songs (1930) #105 ("ARP Bible Songs"/"the Green Book," a publication of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church)
ARP Psalter with Bible Songs (2011) #170 ("the Blue Psalter," published by Crown and Covenant Publications)
Recorded by the choir of First Presbyterian Church (ARP), Lake Placid, FL, June 20th, 2024.