Words = <<
\lyricsto "sopvox" \context Lyrics = a { \set stanza = "1. "
	When my soul cries out with a heav -- y heart,
	"\"Oh" _ God, a -- gain I've "failed,\""
	Then He'll lift me up to the throne of grace
	with the mer -- cy that nev -- er fails,
	%refrain
	I'll sing Thy prais -- es, Oh, Lord, my God,
	of the love that doth pre -- vail;
	And I'll look to Thee, on bend -- ed knee,
	for the mer -- cy that nev -- er fails.
}
\lyricsto "sopvox" \context Lyrics = b { \set stanza = "2. "
	If a friend is bowed un -- der sin's dark cloud,
	Then _ take your broth -- er's hand
	and pe -- ti -- tion Him Who for -- gives your sin
	with the mer -- cy that nev -- er fails,
}
\lyricsto "sopvox" \context Lyrics = c { \set stanza = "3. "
	Though our sins be red as a crim -- son thread,
	and with fool -- ish steps we've strayed,
	Out of sin's dark night He _ brings a light,
	with the mer -- cy that nev -- er fails.
}
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