O Change my Heart, O God! My Heart!

Original Tune: Just As I Am; William B. Bradbury, 1816-1868
James 4:1-2, Jeremiah 17:9, Psalm 51:10

My heart, the source of quarrels and fights, for I desire and think I’m right.
I criticize; complain by night, O change my heart, O God! My heart!

The depth of my own sinful state is strong enough to steal and hate.
I trust thy blood while love’s law break, O change my heart, O God! My heart!

The heart’s deceitful above all things, for who can know, who can redeem?
Diseased within, my heart I bring, O change my heart, O God! My heart!

Create in me a heart that’s clean; renew my soul, your grace to cling.
And draw me near for hope unseen, O change my heart, O God! My heart!