Before Thee, God Who Knowest All

Verse 1

Before you, God, the judge of all, with grief and shame I humbly fall. I see my sins against you, Lord, my sins of thought and deed and word. They press me sore; to you I flee: O God, be merciful to me!

Verse 2

O Lord, my God, to you I pray: O cast me not in wrath away! Let your good Spirit ne'er depart, but let him draw to you my heart that truly penitent I be: O God, be merciful to me!

Verse 3

O Jesus, let your precious blood be to my soul a cleansing flood. Turn not, O Lord, your guest away, but grant that justified I may go to my house at peace to be: O God, be merciful to me!