Hymn · Psalm 79
Forgiving Mercy Besought
SELLINGE · S.M. · words from The Psalter, 1912 · music John Pyke Hullah
auto-underlaid These words and this tune share a meter but have no hand-edited setting; the underlay was fitted automatically (syllable-for-note, validated).
1.Remember not, O God,
The sins of long ago;
In tender mercy visit us,
Distressed and humbled low.
2.O Lord, our Saviour, help,
And glorify Thy Name;
Deliver us from all our sins
And take away our shame.
3.In Thy compassion hear
Thy pris'ner's plaintive sigh,
And in the greatness of Thy pow'r
Save those about to die.
4.Then, safe within Thy fold,
We will exalt Thy Name;
Our thankful hearts with songs of joy
Thy goodness will proclaim.
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- BOYLSTON — Lowell Mason
- AYLESBURY — Chetham's Psalmody, 1718
- SOUTHWELL — Daman's Psalter, 1579
- ST. MICHAEL — William Crotch
- ST. THOMAS — Aaron Williams
Other words for this tune
- A Mourner's Entreaties — The Psalter, 1912
- My Heart Inditing Is (Second Version) — Scottish Psalter, 1650
- The Church the Bride of Christ — The Psalter, 1912
- The Godly Man — The Psalter, 1912
- The Mighty God, the Lord — Scottish Psalter, 1650
- We Know Thee Who Thou Art — William Bright
- A Charge to Keep I Have — Charles Wesley
- Blest Be The Tie That Binds — John Fawcett
- Breathe on Me, Breath of God — Edwin Hatch
- Exultent Confidence — The Psalter, 1912
- Forgiveness and Deliverance — The Psalter, 1912
- Integrity of Character — The Psalter, 1912
- Lord Jesus Think On Me — Synesius of Cyrene
- Lord, Bless and Pity Us — Scottish Psalter, 1650
- Not All the Blood of Beasts — Isaac Watts
- Prayer for Defense and Guidance — The Psalter, 1912
- Prayer for the Oppressed — The Psalter, 1912
- Psalm 50:7-15 — Scottish Psalter, 1650; rev. #doreancon, 2026
- Stand Up and Bless the Lord — James Montgomery
- The Advent of Our God — Charles Coffin
- The Folly of Unbelief — The Psalter, 1912
- The Friendship of the Lord — The Psalter, 1912
- The Sins of Youth — The Psalter, 1912
- We Give Thee But Thine Own — William Walsham How
Same meter but needs editorial underlay: DENNIS, FESTAL SONG, SCHUMANN, ST. BRIDE, TRENTHAM.
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