Zion's Harp
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45. REPENTANCE

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​Author:  Johann Konrad Dippel (1673-1734)
​Composer:  John Homer Baumgartner, 1956 (1901-1970)

​1. Oh, Jesus look upon
    My helpless situation;
    My heart feels deadly fear,
    My spirit, condemnation.
    Within me is the wish,
    But not the power to do,
    Because my weary soul
    Is full of grief and woe.
 
2. I’ve been misled in sin,
    In chains of death I languish;
    I may turn where I will,
    Nothing relives my anguish.
    I stood exalted here,
    Must now lie in the dust,
    The fame I would have shared
    Has now been turned to rust.
 
3. My soul doth yearn for rest;
    I see, but fail to find it;
    Naught can my heart release,
    Nor from sin’s chain unbind it.
    The law to me reveals
    The volume of my sin,
    But fails to give me pow’r
    A new life to begin.
 
4. Thou, Jesus, canst alone
    Deliver me from sorrow;
    The strength to overcome
    From Thy strong hands I borrow.
    The longings of my heart
    Will bring me naught but pain,
    Unless the grace to live
    Anew from Thee I gain.
 
5. Have mercy then, O Lord!
    Before Thy feet I’m bowing;
    Let into my weak heart
    The stream of grace be glowing.
    I pray I’ll leave Thee not
    Until Thy blessing pow’r
    Can conquer death in me,
    And bring life’s blessed shower.
 
6. Thy promise standeth sure,
    That Thou wouldst truly cheer me,
    If my perverted mind
    Will learn but to revere Thee,
    If it will lay aside
    All earthly vanity,
    So that Thy love and grace
    May hold its sway in me.
 
7. So take my pledge, O Lord,
    Too long in sin I’ve bided;
    I’d live henceforth for Thee,
    By Thee, my Saviour, guided!
    O do Thou hold me fast;
    From sin, O make me free,
    So that henceforth my heart
    Thy temple pure may be!

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  • Home
    • Stories of Faith >
      • The Prodigal Son and the Zion’s Harp
      • Steep and Thorny is the Way
      • With Your Zion’s Harps Now Chiming, Praise the Lord!
      • Faithful Unto Death Remain
      • A Loving Devotion to Producing Zion’s Harps, One Copy Per Year
      • Hungarians Begin to Visit Brethren in Communist Ukraine
      • Zion’s Harp Melody Bridges Language Gap
      • Brethren Be Ye Not Affrighted
      • A Letter from Prison
    • Authors
    • Composers
  • Translations
    • Neue Zionsharfe- German
    • Új Sion Hárfa- Hungarian
    • Xapɸa Cиoha- Serbian
    • Noua Harfă A Sionului- Romainian
    • Svete Pisme Novog Siona- Sokac
    • Cithare Davida illi pisme Novog Siona- Bunjevac
    • Harfa Siona- Slovak
    • Гарфа Сіону - Ukrainian
    • Zion's Harp
    • Apostolic Christian Hymnal >
      • ACH Texts
      • ACH Sheet Music
    • Arpa De Sion- Spanish
    • Nova Harpa de Sião- Portuguese
    • Sions Harfa- Swedish
    • シオンの竪琴 - Japanese
    • Harfa Siona- Croatian
    • Zion's Hymns
  • Contact
  • Shop
  • Acknowledgements