My sins have tak­en such a hold on me,
I am not able to look up to Thee;
Lord, I re­pent; ac­cept my tears and grief:
But Thou hast tak­en all my sins away,
And I in Thee dare now look up and pray:
Lord, I be­lieve; help Thou mine un­be­lief.

Of nights un­hal­lowed, and of sin­ful days,
Of care­less thoughts and words and works and way,
Lord, I re­pent; ac­cept my tears and grief:
And in the life which doth with­in me live,
And the for­giv­eness which can all for­give,
Lord, I be­lieve; help Thou mine un­be­lief.

Of self­ish­ness which makes the soul un­just,
Envy and strife and ev­ery sin­ful lust,
Lord, I re­pent; ac­cept my tears and grief:
And in the blood, which doth my par­don plead,
The truth and love, which for me in­ter­cede,
Lord, I be­lieve; help Thou mine un­be­lief.

Of sins that as a cloud have hid Thy face,
Of Thy care slight­ed, and thy griev­èd grace,
Lord, I re­pent; ac­cept my tears and grief:
In Love, that puts sin’s en­vi­ous veil aside,
Rending the veil of flesh which for me died,
Lord, I be­lieve, help Thou mine un­be­lief.

For sin I mourn, the sin that gave Thee pain;
Thine was the bur­den, mine alone the stain;
Lord, I re­pent; ac­cept my tears and grief:
Christ is my joy; and out of all dis­tress
He doth de­li­ver with His right­eous­ness:
Lord, I be­lieve, help Thou mine un­be­lief.