While O'er Our Guilty Land, O Lord

Verse 1

While o'er our guilty land, O Lord,
We view the terrors of Your sword,
O where can all the helpless fly?
To whom but You direct their cry?

Verse 2

On You, our guardian God, we call;
Before Your throne of grace we fall;
But is there no deliv'rance there?
And must we perish in despair?

Verse 3

See, we repent, we weep, we mourn;
To our forsaken God we turn;
O spare our guilty country,
spare The Church which You have planted there.

Verse 4

We are the old, the sick,
the lame;
We blind and deaf cry Jesus' Name.
We plead Your mercy for His sake,

And trust that You will not forsake.

Verse 5

Christ is our only righteousness,
His death for us is our redress.
Your promise stronger than our sin;
Blot out O Lord what we have been.

Verse 6

We are your children after all,
Redeemed by Christ after the fall.
Marked with Your Name in Baptism,
Our home remains in Your Kingdom.