2 I come to Thee with sin and grief,
For Thou alone canst give relief,
Thy death for me, dear Lord, I plead:
O Jesus, help me in my need!

3 Shouldst Thou a strict account demand,
Who could, O Lord, before Thee stand?
Purge all my secret sins away:

Be Thou, O Christ, the sinner's stay!

4 O Jesus, Lamb of God, alone,
Who didst for all our sins atone,

Though I have sinned and gone astray,
Turn not, O Lord, Thy guest away!

5 O Jesus, Lamb of God alone,
Who didst for all our sins atone,
Be merciful, I Thee implore,
Have mercy, Lord, for evermore!

M. B. Landstad, 1861

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8, 7, 8, 7, 8, 8, 7.

Johann Walther, 1524

Oppressed by sin, O Lord, to Thee I come in my afflic

3 When I approach Thine altar, Lord,
May I this comfort cherish,

That on the cross Thy blood was poured
For me, lest I should perish.

Thou didst for me God's law fulfill,
That holy joy my heart might thrill
When on Thy love I'm feasting.

4 Be Thou my shield 'gainst Satan's power,
Whene'er he would assail me;

The victor's crown, when comes death's hour,
O let it never fail me!

Lord Jesus, Thou who savedst me,

My life I would devote to Thee,
To praise Thy name forever.

C. F. Gellert, 1757.

W. H. Monk, 1875

4 Our frame remember, Thou who life bestowest,
We are but dust, this Thou, O Father, knowest,
Subject to death we are from life's beginning,
For we are sinning.

5 Look to Thy Son's most bitter death and passion,
Who on the cross did purchase our salvation,

When from His wounds His blood was freely streaming,
The world redeeming.

6 Therefore, O Father, through Thy dear Son's merit,
Spare us and let us grace through Him inherit,
That we in heaven, with Thee, of life the giver,

May live forever.

Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, I'm bap-tized in Thy dear name;

In the seed Thou dost in her it, With the people Thou dost claim,

am reck-oned, I am reckoned, And for me