O for that Tenderness of Heart

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O for that Tenderness of Heart
2Ki 22:19, 20

DALEHURST-Arthur Cottman
BALERMA-Composer Unknown
CHESTERFIELD-Thomas Haweis

O for that Tenderness of Heart
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O For that tenderness of heart
Which bows before the Lord,
Acknowledging how just thou art,
And trembles at thy word!
O for those humble, contrite tears
Which from repentance flow,
That consciousness of guilt which fears
The long-suspended blow!

Saviour, to me in pity give
The sensible distress,
The pledge thou wilt at last receive,
And bid me die in peace;
Wilt from the dreadful day remove,
Before the evil come;
My spirit hide with saints above,
My body in the tomb.