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'Exagoreuso kat emou ten anomian mou t? Kurio
My sin was very great,
Its burden bore me down;
I dared not lift my eyes to God,
So much I feared His frown;
And sore my conscience smote,
And all was sad within,
For I had turned away from God
Who loved me in my sin.
I said |I'll tell it all,
The sin, the grief, the pain,
Mayhap He'll pardon my offence,
And take me back again.|
And then my heart was glad,
To think it might be done,
If I but cast myself upon
The merits of His Son.
I said |Ah, God, receive
The sacrifice I bring, --
A broken and a contrite heart,
That is my offering;
And for His sake Who came
To bear the Cross of pain,
Forgive the error of my life,
And take me back again.|
'Twas then the heart of love
That I had wounded sore,
In loving accents spake to me,
And bade me sin no more;
And spake the word of grace
That made my spirit whole;
And now the pain and grief are gone,
For gladness fills my soul.