Pardoning Grace

Out of the deeps of long distress, The borders of despair

Author: Isaac Watts
Tune: COLESHILL
Published in 70 hymnals

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Out of the deeps of long distress,
The borders of despair,
I sent my cries to seek thy grace,
My groans to move thine ear.

Great God, should thy severer eye,
And thine impartial hand,
Mark and revenge iniquity,
No mortal flesh could stand.

But there are pardons with my God
For crimes of high degree;
Thy Son has bought them with his blood,
To draw us near to thee.

[I wait for thy salvation, Lord,
With strong desires I wait;
My soul, invited by thy word,
Stands watching at thy gate.]

[Just as the guards that keep the night
Long for the morning skies,
Watch the first beams of breaking light,
And meet them with their eyes;

So waits my soul to see thy grace,
And, more intent than they,
Meets the first openings of thy face,
And finds a brighter day.]

[Then in the Lord let Isr'el trust,
Let Isr'el seek his face;
The Lord is good as well as just,
And plenteous is his grace.

There's full redemption at his throne
For sinners long enslaved;
The great Redeemer is his Son,
And Isr'el shall be saved.]



Source: The Psalms and Hymns of Dr. Watts #157

Author: Isaac Watts

Isaac Watts was the son of a schoolmaster, and was born in Southampton, July 17, 1674. He is said to have shown remarkable precocity in childhood, beginning the study of Latin, in his fourth year, and writing respectable verses at the age of seven. At the age of sixteen, he went to London to study in the Academy of the Rev. Thomas Rowe, an Independent minister. In 1698, he became assistant minister of the Independent Church, Berry St., London. In 1702, he became pastor. In 1712, he accepted an invitation to visit Sir Thomas Abney, at his residence of Abney Park, and at Sir Thomas' pressing request, made it his home for the remainder of his life. It was a residence most favourable for his health, and for the prosecution of his literary… Go to person page >

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First Line: Out of the deeps of long distress, The borders of despair
Title: Pardoning Grace
Author: Isaac Watts
Meter: 8.6.8.6
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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A Choice Selection of Hymns. 2nd ed. #d171

A Choice Selection of Hymns. 6th ed. #d209

A Compilation of Genuine Church Music. 4th ed. #d237

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A Selection of Psalms and Hymns #62

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A Selection of Psalms and Hymns #LXII

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A Selection of Psalms and Hymns #62

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Christian's Duty, exhibited in a series of hymns #212

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Church Hymn Book #P.CXXX

Church Melodies, a Collection of Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs #d853

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Church music #CXLIII

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Church Psalmist #P130b

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Church Psalmist #P130b

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Church Psalmist #P130b

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Church Psalmody #P130.2

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Church Psalmody #P130b

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Doctor Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David, corrected and enlarged, to which is added a collection of hymns; the whole applied to the state of the Christian Church in general (2nd ed.) #248

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Doctor Watts's imitation of the Psalms of David, to which is added a collection of hymns; the whole applied to the state of the Christian Church in general (3rd ed.) #233

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Doctor Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David #248

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Doctor Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David #233

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Doctor Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David #CXXXa

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Dr. Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David #290

Harmonia Sacra, being a Compilation of Church Music. 10th ed #d260

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Hymns for Social Worship #157

Hymns, Selected from Various Authors, for the Use of Young Persons 3rd Am. from 9th London ed. #d189

Hymns, Selected from Various Authors, for the Use of Young Persons #d178

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Manual of Christian Psalmody #P130b

Melodies of the Church #d817

Parish Psalmody #d653

Parish Psalmody #d666

Psalms and Hymns Adapted to Social, Private and Public Worship #d656

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Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs #220

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Psalms and Hymns of Isaac Watts, The #Ps.298

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Psalms and Hymns, Adapted to Public Worship #P130.1

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Psalms and Hymns, for Christian Use and Worship #P130.1

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Psalms and Hymns #p130b

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Psalms, carefully suited to the Christian worship in the United States of America #273

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Psalms #130a

The Book of Worship #d415

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The Christian Psalmist; or, Watts' Psalms and Hymns #P130a

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The Christian Psalmist #P130b

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The Christian's Duty #CCXII

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The Christians Duty, exhibited, in a series of Hymns #CCXII

The Church-Book #d357

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The Columbian Repository #315

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The Cyber Hymnal #5477

The Harmonia Sacra. 14th ed. #d251

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The New Harmonia Sacra #84a

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The New York Choralist #135c

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The Presbyterian Hymnal #405

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The Presbyterian Hymnal #405

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The Psalms and Hymns of Dr. Watts #157

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The Psalms and Hymns #P130

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The Psalms of David #CXXXa

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The Psalms of David #P130a

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The Psalms of David #242

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The Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs of the Rev. Isaac Watts, D. D. #130a

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The Reformed Church Hymnal #375

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The Reformed Methodist Pocket Hymnal #II.44

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The Sabbath Hymn and Tune Book #250d

The Sabbath Hymn Book. Baptist ed. #d855

The Thanksgiving #d180

Union Hymns #d321

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