With broken heart and contrite sigh Lyrics

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

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!

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!

With alms, or deeds that I have done,
Not one sin's pardon can be won;
To Calvary alone I flee;
  O God, be merciful to me!

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