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Contains JSON data on the Trinity Hymnal
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{
"title": "With broken heart and contrite sigh",
"author": "",
"tune": "St. Luke",
"number": "416",
"lyrics": "With broken heart and contrite sigh,\nA trembling sinner, Lord, I cry;\nThy pard'ning grace is rich and free:\nO God, be merciful to me.\n\nI smite upon my troubled breast,\nWith deep and conscious guilt oppressed,\nChrist and his cross my only plea:\nO God, be merciful to me.\n\nFar off I stand with tearful eyes,\nNor dare uplift them to the skies;\nBut thou dost all my anguish see:\nO God, be merciful to me.\n\nNo alms nor deeds that I have done,\nCan for a single sin atone;\nTo Calvary alone I flee:\nO God, be merciful to me.\n\nAnd when, redeemed from sin and hell,\nWith all the ransomed throng I dwell\nMy raptured song shall ever be,\n\"God has been merciful to me.\"",
"first_line": "With broken heart and contrite sigh,"
}