┌────┐ │ │ │ │ │INRI│ │ │ │ │ ┌──────────────────────┘ └──────────────────────┐ │ My God! My God! vers of my tears │ └──────────────────────┐ ┌──────────────────────┘ I come to Thee; │ │bow down thy blessed ears To hear me, wretch, oh │ │let thine eyes, which sleep Did never close, │ │behold a sinner weep. Let not, O God! │ │my God! my faults, though great And numberless, bet │ w │een thy mercy─seat And my poor soul be t │ h │rown, since we are taught. │ │ ┌────┐ │ │ ┌────┐ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ┌────┘ └────┐ │ │ ┌────┘ └────┐ Thou,│Lord! remember│ est th │ y │ne, │If thou beest │sought. └────┐ ┌────┘ │ │ └────┐ ┌────┘ I co │ me │not, Lord, wit │ h │any o │the │r merit Than │ wh │at I by my S │ a │viour │ Ch │rist inherit: Be th │ en │his wound │ s │my balm, his st │ ri │pes my bliss, My crown his │ th │orns, my dea │ t │h be lo │ st │in his, And th │ ou │my bles │ t │Redeemer, │ Sa │viour God! Quit my ac │ co │unts, with │ h │old thy │ v │engeful rod; O beg for │ me │my h │ o │pes on the │ e │are set, Thou Chri │ st │forgi │ u │e, as well as pay │ th │e debt. The liv │ in │g fount, the li│ f │e, the wa │ y │I know; And but │ to │thee │ o │whither │ s │hould I go? All o │ th │er helps a │ r │e vain, giv │ e │thine to me; For by th │ y │cross my │ s │aving hea │ l │th must be. Oh hear │ k │en then, wh │ a │t I with │ f │aith implore, Lest s │ in │and death sin │ k │me forev │ e │r more. Oh Lord! my │ G │od! my way │ e │s direct │ a │nd keep, In │ d │eath defe │ n │d that from thee I│ n │e'er slip; And at the do│ om │let │ m │e be raise │ d │then, To liv │ e │with the │ e.│Sweet Jes │ us │say, Amen! └────┘ └────┘ └────┘ EXPLANATION.