Goodness I have none to plead;
Sinfulness in all I see;
I can only bring my need:
God be merciful to me.

Broken heart and downcast eyes
Dare not lift themselves to Thee;
Yet Thou canst interpret sighs:
God be merciful to me.

From this sinful heart of mine
To Thy bosom I would flee;
Not my own, I would be Thine:
God be merciful to me.

There is one beside the throne,
And my only hope and plea
Are in Him, and Him alone;
God be merciful to me.

He my cause will undertake,
My Interpreter will be;
He’s my all; and for His sake,
God be merciful to me.