Our guilt do we con­fess today,
Your law did we re­ject;
So lit­tle truth and mer­cy here—
Your Word sees no re­spect.

We swear, we lie, we kill and steal,
See har­lot­ry in­crease;
We break re­straint, and blood on blood,
Ignore the law of peace.

Our land, it mourns, we waste away,
For wis­dom seek we not;
Destruction will our por­tion be,
If God we have for­got.

To crys­tals, stone, and gold we pray,
Those worth­less things we preach;
Those sight­less eyes, un­hear­ing ears,
In vain do we be­seech.

We well de­serve the charge You bring,
Upon us lays the blame;
Contentious, proud, we stum­ble on,
Our glo­ry turns to shame.

Show us that on­ly in Your Word
Do truth and mer­cy live;
Send priests and pro­phets to in­struct,
And Your pure wis­dom give.

Have mer­cy, Lord, re­ject us not,
Draw us to seek Your face;
Direct our feet and deeds to You,
Restore us by Your grace.

Lord, melt these icy hearts of stone,
Make us Your coun­sel seek,
And sac­ri­fice to You alone,
With humb­le hearts and meek.