Christ My Song - 2075
Pity on us, Heavenly Father - Litany Hymn
(John S. B. Monsell/Johannes Thomas Rüegg)
Litany Hymn.
"O save me for thy mercy's sake." (Psalm 6,4)
1. Pity on us, Heavenly Father,
for the love of Jesus take!
And with thine own Holy Spirit
save us for thy mercies' sake. PDF - Midi
2. By the lowly cradle manger,
over which the Angels spake
songs of peace and words of wonder,
save us for thy mercies' sake.
3. By the tender human nature
he for us did stoop to take,
all his toil, and thirst, and hunger,
save us for thy mercies' sake.
4. By the tears, whose loving-kindness
from his human eyes did break,
when he stood by human sorrow,
save us for thy mercies' sake.
5. By the words, whose free forgiveness
in the dying thief did wake
hopes of Paradise, and pardon,
save us for thy mercies' sake.
6. By the love, that for his mother
did a last provision make
in her hour of desolation,
save us for thy mercies' sake.
7. By the plea, that in his passion
he did for his murderers take
and prefer before his Father,
save us for thy mercies' sake.
8. By the thorns, that mocking crowned him,
by the bloody sweat, that brake
from his brow in bitter anguish,
save us for thy mercies' sake.
9. By his limbs outstretched and wounded,
by the cleft the spear did make,
by the Blood, and by the Water,
save us for thy mercies' sake.
10. From a heart by sin deceivèd,
bent, with froward will, to take
its own downward course of madness,
save us for thy mercies' sake.
11. From a soul, whose death-like slumber
will not at thy voice awake,
but sleep on, nor heed its danger,
save us for thy mercies' sake.
12. From foul hands, and thoughts uncleanly
that their resting-place would make
in the souls redeemed by Jesus,
save us for thy mercies' sake.
13. In the time of tears and laughter,
when we sleep, and when we wake,
resting, rising, coming, going,
save us for thy mercies' sake.
14. In the hour of our departure,
when life's ling'ring sands do shake,
in the grave, and rest remaining,
save us for thy mercies' sake.
15. In the glorious Resurrection,
when the dead in Christ awake
at the voice of the archangel,
save us for thy mercies' sake.
16. In the awful Day of Judgment,
when the worlds before thee quake,
plead our cause, O God our Saviour!
save us for thy mercies' sake.
John S. B. Monsell, Hymns of Love and Praise, 1877, 46-48.
Hymn title from the index, page 173.