You Are Merciful to Me

Near my God, I will stand and pray
I will bring no works to commend me
And thanks I’ll raise for the freest grace
For the sovereign love that revived me
I was like other men, adulterers and thieves
Without hope in righteous deeds

Chorus: But You are merciful to me, a sinner
You lift my fallen head
All I plead: Your grace, my need
My only hope to stand before Your throne
You are merciful to me, a sinner

Far away, I will bow and pray
For I see the stains that condemned me
But heav’n broke through
Like a shepherd, true,
You left the fold just to find me
Like a father running
To greet a wayward son
You clothed me with Your robe and ring

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Mercy falls on the least of all
And justifies the unworthy
There I’ll stay, in the lowest place
And extend Your hope to the hopeless
I was like other men, adulterers and thieves
May they see the grace I’ve seen

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