Lord's Supper
O Lord, I Am Not Worthy
- Words:
- from Landshuter Gesangbuch, 1777. Translation unknown, before 1913.
- Music:
- 'Non Dignus' traditional air, before 1871.
- Setting:
- "American Catholic Hymnal", 1913.
- Metre:
- 7 6 7 6
- 1O Lord, I am not worthyThat Thou should'st come to me,But speak the words of comfort,My spirit healed shall be.
- 2O Lord, Thou art all holy,The angels Thee adore;How, then, ought I sincerelyMy wrongs and sins deplore!
- 3But when Thou soon wilt enterMy heart, my sinful heart,Then heal me, be my shelter,For Thou my Savior art.
- 4O Lord, how can I thank TheeFor such a gift as this?A gift which truly fillethMy soul with heav'nly bliss!
- 5I praise Thee, I extol Thee,I love Thee O my Sire,Till once in joy and glory,In heav'n I Thee admire.
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In the hymnals
- The words are in 55 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project (Brian J. Dumont), which places its own work in the public domain. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.