Out of the Deep I Call

Out of the deep I call,
To Thee, O Lord, to Thee,
Before Thy throne of grace I fall;
Be merciful to me.

Out of the deep I cry,
The woeful deep of sin,
Of evil done in days gone by,
Of evil now within.

Out of the deep of fear
And dread of coming shame;
All night till morning watch is near
I plead the precious Name.

Lord, there is mercy now,
As ever was, with Thee,
Before Thy throne of grace I bow;
Be merciful to me.

Author: Henry Williams Baker

Year: 1868

This hymn is a paraphrase of Psalm 130 (De profundis). It was written by Sir Henry Williams Baker (1821–1877), an Anglican priest and hymn editor of Hymns Ancient and Modern. The text first appeared in the 1868 Appendix to that collection.