Lord I Deserve Thy Deepest Wrath

Human Sinfulness and Deserving God’s Wrath

Lord, I deserve thy deepest wrath, ungrateful, faithless I have been. No terrors have my soul deterred, nor goodness wooed me from my sin. My heart is vile, my mind depraved, my flesh rebels against thy will.

I am polluted in thy sight, yet Lord have mercy on me still. Without defense to thee I look, to thee the only Savior fly. Without a hope, without a friend, in deep distress to thee I cry. My peace to my sins forgive, dwell thou within my heart.

Christ’s Atonement, Substitution, and Justification

Guilty of sin removed, before thy blessed abode. What I deserve, you have withheld, placed it on your son. He took my debt, he took my place, and by his cross I'm justified. Lord, I deserve thy deepest wrath, ungrateful, faithless I have been.

Refrain on Mercy and the Cross

No terrors have my soul deterred, nor goodness wooed me from my sin. What I deserve, you have withheld, placed it on your son. He took my debt, he took my place, and by his cross I'm justified. He took my debt, he took my place, and by his cross I'm justified.