THE LAMENTATION
(Old Version, 1562)
O Lord, turn not away Thy face
From him who lies prostrate
Lamenting sore his sinful life
Before Thy mercy gate;
Which gate Thou openest wide to those
That do lament their sins;
Shut not the gate against me, Lord,
But let me enter in.
So come I to Thy mercy-gate,
Where mercy doth abound,
Requiring mercy for my sin
To heal my deadly wound.
Mercy, good Lord, mercy I ask,
This is the total sum;
For mercy, Lord, is all my suit;
Lord, let Thy mercy come.
John Marckant (1560)
(Old Version, 1562)
O Lord, turn not away Thy face
From him who lies prostrate
Lamenting sore his sinful life
Before Thy mercy gate;
Which gate Thou openest wide to those
That do lament their sins;
Shut not the gate against me, Lord,
But let me enter in.
So come I to Thy mercy-gate,
Where mercy doth abound,
Requiring mercy for my sin
To heal my deadly wound.
Mercy, good Lord, mercy I ask,
This is the total sum;
For mercy, Lord, is all my suit;
Lord, let Thy mercy come.
John Marckant (1560)
From: Michael Card, A Sacred Sorrow, NavPress (Colorado Springs, Colorado), 2005, p 160
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