Have Mercy On My Soul, O God Poem by Yehoshua Shim'onai

Hear this prayer, O Lord
my God,
and do not hide
Your face from me,
For I need Your mercy
to be on my soul
and Your grace to
cleanse me from guilt!

For once again I have
sinned against You
and before Your very eyes
I have thought
so lustfully!
Once again, I’ve been guilty
of Your blood
and have minimized
my sin that killed You!

Great is my sin that makes
me hide from You
and so is my guilt
that makes me
run away from You,
For they separate me from
Your glory
and pull me away
from Your holiness!

You are righteous, O God
and You hate sin;
You are truly just and
You punish what is evil!
What right do I have to
speak against You?
What right do I have to
object Your judgment?

Have mercy on my soul,
O God, according to
Your loving-kindness;
be gracious upon me,
O Lord, according to
my righteousness in Jesus!
Forgive my transgressions
and erase all my iniquities;
blot all my unrighteousness
as far as the east is from
the west!

Cleanse me from my
lustfulness
that I may be pure
once more;
Wash my guilt away
once again
that I may be righteous
one more time!
Teach me to renounce sin
O Great I AM,
that I may live in Your
holiness
Teach me to hate unrighteousness,
my Dearest God,
that I may be more like You!

Renew my heart, dear Lord,
that I may live according
to Your righteousness;
Purify my mind, O Jesus,
that my thoughts may be
pleasing to You!
Change me, O Lord
of righteousness,
that I may warn others
about my sin,
That I may condemn evil
and its fruit of guilt
before my brothers!

For I no longer want to fall
away from Your love;
I no longer want to run
away from Your grace!
I just want to love You,
my God and Savior;
I just want to fall for You,
O Lord Jesus!

You, O Lord God, are truly
righteous;
You alone, O Great I AM
are holy;
So be my righteousness,
my dear Savior!
Be my holiness,
my Lord Christ Jesus!