God of unfathomable love!

Verse 1
God of unfathomable love, (Eph. 3:18-19)
Whose bowels of compassion move (I John 3:17)
Towards Adam’s helpless race, (Rom. 5:6)
See, at thy feet, a sinner see,
In tender mercy look on me, (Ps. 51:1, Ps. 119:132)
And all my sins efface. (Ps. 51:9, Isa. 43:25, Isa. 44:22, Acts 3:19)

Verse 2
O let thy love to me o’erflow,
Thy multitude of mercies shew, (Ps. 5:7, Ps. 51:1, Ps. 69:16, Ps. 106:45, Lam. 3:32)
Abundantly forgive; (Isa. 55:7)
Remove th’ insufferable load, (Ps. 38:4)
Blot out my sins with sacred blood, (Ps. 51:9, Acts 3:19, Eph. 1:7, Col. 1:14, Heb. 9:22, I John 1:7, Rev. 1:5)
And bid the sinner live. (Ezek. 16:6, Ezek. 18:32, Ezek. 33:11, Eph. 2:4-5)

Verse 3
Take all the power of sin away,
Nor let in me its being stay, (Rom. 6:12, Rom. 6:14)
Mine inmost soul convert, (Ps. 19:7)
Wash me from all my filth of sin,
Come, Lord, and make me throughly clean, (Ps. 51:2, Isa. 4:4, Jer. 33:8, Ezek. 36:25, II Cor. 7:1, I John 1:7)
Create me pure in heart. (Ps. 51:10)

Verse 4
For O my sins I now confess,
Bewail my desperate wickedness, (Jer. 17:9, Rom. 7:24, James 4:9)
And sue to be forgiven, (Ps. 32:5, Ps. 38:18, Ps. 51:3, Prov. 28:13, I John 1:9)
I have abus’d thy patient grace,
I have provok’d thee to thy face, (Isa. 65:3)
And dar’d the wrath of heaven. (Rom. 1:18)

Verse 5
Thee only thee have I defied: (Ps. 51:4)
Though all thy wrath on me abide, (Ps. 88:7, John 3:36)
And my damnation seal,
Though into outer darkness thrust, (Matt. 8:12, Matt. 22:13, Matt. 25:30)
I’ll own the punishment is just, (Ps. 51:4)
And clear my God in hell.

Verse 6
Cast in the mould of sin I am,
Corrupt throughout my ruin’d frame,
My essence all unclean, (Isa. 64:6)
My total fall from God I mourn,
In sin I was conceiv’d and born, (Ps. 51:5, Ps. 58:3)
Whate’er I am is sin.

Verse 7
But thou requirest all our hearts, (Deut. 6:5, Deut. 10:12, Deut. 11:13, Deut. 13:3, Deut. 30:6, Joshua 22:5, Matt. 23:37, Mark 12:30, Luke 10:27)
Truth rooted in the inward parts, (Ps. 51:6, Jer. 31:33)
Unspotted purity;
And by thy grace I humbly trust,
To learn the wisdom of the just, (Luke 1:17)
In secret taught by thee. (Ps. 51:6)

Verse 8
Surely thou wilt the grace impart,
Sprinkle the blood upon my heart, (Heb. 10:22)
Which did for sinners flow,
The blood that purges every sin,
The blood that soon shall wash me clean, (Heb. 9:14, I John 1:7, Rev. 1:5)
And make me white as snow. (Ps. 51:7, Isa. 1:18)

Verse 9
Thou wilt my mournful spirit chear,
And grant me once again to hear (Ps. 51:8)
Thy sweet forgiving voice, (Matt. 9:2, Mark 2:5, Luke 7:48)
That all my bones and inmost soul,
Broken by thee, by thee made whole
May in thy strength rejoice. (Ps. 51:8, Ps. 51:17, Deut. 32:39, Job 5:18, Hos. 6:1)

Verse 10
From my misdeeds avert thy face, (Ps. 51:9)
The strength of sin by pard’ning grace (I Cor. 15:56)
Of all my sin remove, (Mic. 7:19)
Forgive, O Lord, but change me too,
But perfectly my soul renew
By sanctifying love. (Ps. 51:10)

Verse 11
My wretchedness to thee convert, (Ps. 51:13)
Give me an humble contrite heart, (Ps. 51:10, Ps. 51:17, Isa. 57:15, Isa. 66:2)
My fallen soul restore, (Ps. 51:12, Ps. 23:3)
Let me the life divine attain,
The image of my God regain, (Gen. 1:27, II Cor. 3:18, Col. 3:10)
And never lose it more.

Verse 12
Have patience, till by thee renew’d
I live the sinless life of God; (Ps. 51:10, Eph. 4:23-24, I John 3:9, I John 5:18)
Here let thy Spirit stay: (Ps. 51:11, John 14:16-17)
Tho’ I have griev’d the gentle dove, (Isa. 63:10, Matt. 3:16, Mark 1:10, Luke 3:22, John 1:32, Eph. 4:30)
Ah! Do not quite withdraw thy love,
Or take thy grace away. (Ps. 51:11, Ps. 89:33)

Verse 13
The comfort of thy help restore,
Assist me now as heretofore, (Ps. 51:12)
O lift thou up my head, (Ps. 3:3)
The Spirit of thy power impart, (Luke 24:49, Acts 1:8, II Tim. 1:7)
’Stablish, and keep my faithful heart, (Ps. 51:12, I Thess. 3:13, II Thess. 3:3)
And make me free indeed. (John 8:36, Gal. 5:1)

Verse 14
Then shall I teach the world thy ways, (Ps. 51:13, Matt. 28:19-20)
Thy mercy mild and pard’ning grace
For every sinner free,
’Till sinners to thy grace submit, (Ps. 51:13)
And fall at their Redeemer’s feet,
And weep, and love like me. (Luke 7:38, Luke 7:47, John 11:32, Rev. 1:17)

Verse 15
O might I weep, and love thee now! (Luke 7:38, Luke 7:47)
God of my health, my Saviour thou, (Ps. 67:2)
Thou only canst release
My soul from all iniquity; (Ps. 51:2, Ps. 130:8, Luke 5:21, Tit. 2:14)
O speak the word, and set me free,
And bid me go in peace. (I Sam. 1:17, Mark 5:34, Luke 8:48, Luke 7:48-50)

Verse 16
So shall I sing the Saviour’s name,
Thy gift of righteousness proclaim, (Ps. 51:14, Ps. 71:15, Rom. 5:17)
Thine all-redeeming grace: (Tit. 2:11)
Open my lips, Almighty Lord,
That I thy mercy may record, (Ps. 51:15, Ps. 89:1)
And glory in thy praise. (I Chron. 16:35)

Verse 17
No creature-good dost thou desire,
No costly sacrifice require; (Ps. 51:16, Ps. 40:6, Hos. 6:6, Heb. 10:8)
Thy pleasure is to give: (Luke 12:32)
Thou only seekest me, not mine, (II Cor. 12:14)
Thou would’st that I should take of thine,
Should all thy grace receive. (John 1:16, John 16:14-15)

Verse 18
A wounded spirit, by sin distrest, (Prov. 18:14)
A broken heart that pants for rest, (Ps. 51:17, Ps. 42:1, Ps. 147:3, Matt. 11:28)
This is the sacrifice
Well pleasing in the sight of God; (Ps. 51:17, Ps. 34:18, Phil. 4:18)
A sinner crush’d beneath his load
Thou never wilt despise. (Ps. 51:17, Ps. 38:4, Isa. 57:15)

Verse 19
Then hear a[1] contrite sinner’s prayer, (Ps. 102:17, Luke 18:13-14)
And every ruin’d soul repair,
Remember Sion’s woe, (Ps. 51:18, Ps. 74:2)
Shew forth thy justifying grace, (Rom. 3:24-26, Eph. 2:7, Tit. 3:7)
And for thyself vouchsafe to raise
A glorious church below. (Ps. 51:18, Eph. 5:25-27)

Verse 20
When thou hast seal’d thy people’s peace,
Their sacrifice of righteousness, (Ps. 51:19, Ps. 4:5, Mal. 3:3)
Their gifts thou wilt approve, (Ps. 51:19)
Their every thought, and word, and deed,
That from a living faith proceed,
And all are wrought in love. (Gal. 5:6)

Verse 21
Laid on the altar of thy Son,
Pleasing to thee thro’ Christ alone (Ps. 51:19, Rom. 12:1, I Pet. 2:5)
The dear peculiar race (Ex. 19:5, Deut. 14:2, Tit. 2:14, I Pet. 2:9)
Their grateful sacrifice shall bring, (Ps. 107:22, Ps. 116:17, Heb. 13:15)
And hymn their Father, and their King,
In endless songs of praise. (Ps. 145:1-2)

[1] Wesley changed “a” to “the” in 1748.