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Text:Almighty God, thy piercing eye
Tune:DUNDEE

142b. Almighty God, thy piercing eye

1 Almighty God, thy piercing eye
Strikes thro' the shades of night.
And our most secret actions lie
All open to thy sight.

2 There's not a sin that we commit,
Nor wicked word we say,
But in thy dreadful book 'tis writ
Against the judgment day.

3 And must the crimes that I have done
Be read and published there?
Be all exposed before the sun.
While men and angels hear?

4 Lord, at thy foot ashamed I lie,
Upward I dare not look:
Pardon my sins before I die.
And blot them from thy book

5 Remember all the dying pains
That my Redeemer felt,
And let his blood wash out my stains
And answer for my guilt.

Text Information
First Line: Almighty God, thy piercing eye
Publication Date: 1870
Notes: Now Public Domain. Tune for 63, 158, 161, and 311 in "American Sunday School Hymn Book" (ASS1860a)
Tune Information
Name: DUNDEE
Meter: C. M.
Key: F Major or modal
Notes: Public Domain.



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