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.
Our sins, they are many, his mercy is more.
Chorus
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.
Our sins, they are many, his mercy is more.
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.
Our sins, they are many, his mercy is more.
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.
Our sins, they are many, his mercy is more.
Chorus
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.
Our sins, they are many, his mercy is more.
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.
Our sins, they are many, his mercy is more.
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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)