LORD, LIKE THE PUBLICAN I STAND

Composer: Davide Marney, 2007
Lyricist: Thomas Raffles, 1831
 
Lord, like the publican I stand,
And lift my heart to thee;
Thy pardn'ing grace, O God, command,
Be merciful to me. me. 
 
I smite upon my worn, anxious breast,
O'erwhelmed with agony;
O save my soul by sin oppressed,
Be merciful to me. 
 
My guilt, my shame,
I all confess; I have no hope nor plea 
But Jesus' blood and righteousness;
Be merciful to me. 
 
Here at thy cross I still would wait,
Nor from its shelter flee,
Till thou, O God, in mercy great,
Art merciful to Art merciful to me. 
 
Words, Public Domain.  Music © Copyright 2007, Davide C. Marney, 10241 Stratford Ave., Fairfax, VA, 22030.  Available on New Hymns for Worship, www.newhymns.org. This work is licensed under the Attribution-Noncommercial Creative Commons License 2.0; see www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0