Hymnal Number
123Resource Type:
Keys included:
E
About this Hymn
Pastor and hymn writer John Newton once wrote to one of his congregants, "Our sins are many, but his mercies are more; our sins are great, but his righteousness is greater." Prompted by this central thought, the goal of this hymn was a confrontational and confessional addressing of sin that leads to a beautiful and life-giving assurance of forgiveness.
Lyrics
Verse 1
What love could remember no wrongs we have done? Omniscient, all-knowing, he counts not their sum. Thrown into a sea without bottom or shore.
Chorus
Our sins, they are many, his mercy is more. Praise the Lord, his mercy is more. Stronger than darkness, new ev'ry morn; our sins, they are many, his mercy is more.
Verse 2
What patience would wait as we constantly roam? What Father so tender is calling us home? He welcomes the weakest, the vilest, the poor.
Verse 3
What riches of kindness he lavished on us. His blood was the payment, his life was the cost. We stood 'neath a debt we could never afford.
What love could remember no wrongs we have done? Omniscient, all-knowing, he counts not their sum. Thrown into a sea without bottom or shore.
Chorus
Our sins, they are many, his mercy is more. Praise the Lord, his mercy is more. Stronger than darkness, new ev'ry morn; our sins, they are many, his mercy is more.
Verse 2
What patience would wait as we constantly roam? What Father so tender is calling us home? He welcomes the weakest, the vilest, the poor.
Verse 3
What riches of kindness he lavished on us. His blood was the payment, his life was the cost. We stood 'neath a debt we could never afford.
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Attribution & Copyright
Words & Music: Matt Boswell, Matt Papa © 2015 Getty Music Hymns and Songs / Getty Music Publishing / Love Your Enemies Publishing / Messenger Hymns (Capitol CMG Publishing / www.capitolcmgpublishing.com, Music Services / www.musicservices.com)