97 Before Thee, God, who knowest all

1 Before Thee, God, who knowest all With grief and shame I prostrate fall; I see my sins against Thee, Lord, The sins of thought, of deed, and word, They press me sore, I cry to Thee: O God, be merciful to me! 2 O Lord, my God, to Thee I pray: O cast me not in wrath away, Let Thy good Spirit ne'er depart, But let Him draw to Thee my heart, That truly penitent I be: O God, be merciful to me! 3 O Jesus, let Thy precious blood Be to my soul a cleansing flood; Turn not, O Lord, Thy guest away, But grant that justified I may Go to my house with peace from Thee: O God, be merciful to me!