THE CHRISTIAN YEAR
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ST. MARY. (C. M.)
Prys' Psalter, 1621
Slow 𝅗𝅥 = 56.
(as given in Playford's 'Psalms,' 1677).
J. Marckant (Old Version, 1560).
O LORD, turn not away thy face
From him that lies prostrate,
Lamenting sore his sinful life
Before thy mercy-gate;
2 Which gate thou openest wide to those
That do lament their sin:
Shut not that gate against me, Lord,
But let me enter in.
3 And call me not to mine account
How I have lived here;
For then I know right well, O Lord,
How vile I shall appear.
4 So come I to thy mercy gate,
Where mercy doth abound,
Requiring mercy for my sin
To heal my deadly wound.
5. Mercy, good Lord, mercy I ask,
This is the total sum;
For mercy, Lord, is all my suit:
Lord, let thy mercy come.
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