God of mercy and compassion,
Look with pity upon me;
Father, let me call thee Father,
Tis thy child returns to thee.
Jesus Lord, I ask for mercy;
Let me not implore in vain;
All my sins I now detest them,
Never will I sin again.

By my sins I have deserved
Death and endless misery,
Hell with all its pains and torments
And for all eternity.
Jesus Lord, I ask for mercy;
Let me not implore in vain;
All my sins I now detest them,
Never will I sin again.

By my sins I have abandoned
Right and claim to heav'n above,
Where the saints rejoice for ever,
In a boundless sea of love.
Jesus Lord, I ask for mercy;
Let me not implore in vain;
All my sins I now detest them,
Never will I sin again.

See our Saviour bleeding, dying
On the Cross of Calvary,
To that Cross my sins have nailed him,
Yet he bleeds and dies for me.
Jesus Lord, I ask for mercy;
Let me not implore in vain;
All my sins I now detest them,
Never will I sin again.