419. Savior, When in Dust to Thee

1 Savior, when in dust to Thee
Low we bow the adoring knee;
When, repentant, to the skies
Scarce we lift our weeping eyes;
O, by all Thy pains and woe
Suffered once for us below,
Bending from Thy throne on high,
Hear our penitential cry!

2 By Thy helpless infant years,
By Thy life of want and tears,
By Thy days of deep distress
In the savage wilderness,
By the dread, mysterious hour
Of the insulting tempter's pow'r,
Turn, O turn a fav'ring eye;
Hear our penitential cry!

3 By thine hour of dire despair,
By thine agony of prayer,
By the cross, the nail, the thorn,
Piercing spear, and torturing scorn,
By the gloom that veiled the skies
O'er the dreadful sacrifice,
Listen to our humble sigh;
Hear our penitential cry!

4 By Thy deep expiring groan,
By the sad sepulchral stone,
By the vault whose dark abode
Held in vain the rising God,
O, from earth to heav'n restored,
Mighty, re-ascended Lord,
Bending from Thy throne on high,
Hear our penitential cry!

Text Information
First Line: Savior, when in dust to Thee
Title: Savior, When in Dust to Thee
Author: Robert Grant, 1779-1838, alt. (alt. )
Meter: 77 77 D
Language: English
Publication Date: 2006
Scripture: ; ; ;
Topic: Ash Wednesday
Tune Information
Name: ABERYSTWYTH
Composer: Jospeh Parry, 1841-1903
Meter: 77 77 D
Key: d minor



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