Music - Wednesday, 18 February 2026 – Ash Wednesday

192 Bowed low in supplication
256 Not to us, O Lord, the glory G9
302 Sinners, turn: why will you die? G7
304 Delay not, delay not, O sinner, draw near G7
309 Ah, Lord and God G5
310 Out of the depths I cry to Thee* (alt tune 404, G9)
313 With broken heart and contrite sigh
316 Smite me not, O mighty God G4
401 When in the hour of utmost need G3
485 The day is surely drawing near* G5
488 That day of wrath, that dreadful day
850 O Father, my Father, I call on your name GS (CCLI, One Licence)

6 O Father, my Father (CCLI, One Licence)
11 Lord, have mercy (CCLI, One Licence)
238 Kyrie 1 (Taize) Public Domain
269 Create in us (CCLI)
327 Sorry (One Licence)
331 Turn to me with all your heart (One Licence)
332 We are sorry (CCLI, One Licence)
354 Change my heart, O God (CCLI, One Licence)
379 Kyrie eleison (Ghana) (CCLI, One Licence)
392 Kyrie eleison (Russia) Public Domain
446 Mercy (LCANZ congregations have permission to use for worship. Please add acknowledgement “Used with permission from Michael Gillingham”)

81 Out of the depths I cry to you
463 May this Lenten discipline
577 Come, let us to the Lord our God
712 Create in us
739 Kyrie eleison (Ghana)
735 Kyrie (Taize)
736 Kyrie eleison (Ukranian)

356 Lord of glory, who hast bought us* G3
380 O God of mercy, God of might G9
815 O Christ, the healer, we have come G6 (see also TIS 638) (CCLI, One Licence)
816 O Fount of good, for all your love G7 (Public Domain)
817 O Jesus Christ, to you may hymns be rising G7 (One Licence)
819 Wake us, O Lord, to human need G9 (contact author)
820 We thank you, God, for eyes to see GS (One Licence)
850 O Father, my Father, I call on your name GS (CCLI, One Licence)
855 Brother, let me be your servant (mod- TIS 650) (CCLI)
858 Make me a channel (see AT for guitar chords in E) (TIS 607) (One Licence)

6 O Father, my Father, I call on your name (CCLI, One Licence)
95 Make me a channel of your peace (One Licence)
191 The servant song (CCLI, One Licence)
300 Practise love (CCLI)
301 Prayer of peace (CCLI)
308 We are called to follow Jesus (CCLI, One Licence)
310 Yesu, Yesu, fill us with your love (CCLI, One Licence)
354 Change my heart, O God (CCLI, One Licence)
373 Bound by love (One Licence)
377 Heal me (CCLI, One Licence)
390 Put on love (contact publisher)
397 These I lay down (CCLI, One Licence)
402 God has chosen me (One Licence)
414 Take this moment (CCLI, One Licence)
600 Jesus, the bright morning star (CCLI)

607 Make me a channel of your peace
618 What does the Lord require
620 O Jesus Christ, may grateful hymns be rising
638 O Christ, the healer, we have come
640 Kneels at the feet of his friends
650 Brother, sister, let me serve you
657 God of freedom, God of justice
690 Beauty for brokenness

48 Lamb of God most holy* G5
52 O sacred head, now wounded* G6 (see also TIS 339)
55 (pt 1) O dearest Jesus, what law hast Thou broken* G4 (mod TIS 337)
57 (pt l) A Lamb goes uncomplaining forth* G5
58 (pt 1) O world, see thy Life languish* G3 (see Mod TIS 338)
59 Jesus, I will ponder now* G8
60 Christ, the life of all the living G5
70 Stricken, smitten, and afflicted* G3
196 Look down, O Lord, from heaven behold
198 Let us, O Father, never be confounded G6
200 Thou little flock, be not dismayed
305 Today Thy mercy calls us* G3
331 My hope is built on nothing less* G5
361 Let us ever walk with Jesus* G5
407 If thou but suffer God to guide thee* G6 (mod TIS 554)
857 Low, the way is low GS (CCLI, One Licence)
862 As we step from the edge of morning GS (CCLI, One Licence)

22 He was wounded (CCLI)
84 I want Jesus to walk with me (Public Domain)
101 Jesus, please watch over us (CCLI, One Licence)
185 Jesus, Son of God and man (One Licence)
190 The way is low (CCLI, One Licence)
219 Then I will praise you, my Saviour, again (CCLI, One Licence)
261 The Servant King (CCLI)
275 In our darkness (One Licence)
278 Lord, hear our prayer (CCLI)
281 Nothing can separate us from the love of God (Public Domain)
310 Yesu, Yesu, fill us with your love (CCLI, One Licence)
348 Sing hey for the carpenter (CCLI, One Licence)
358 Gift to the world (CCLI, One Licence)
372 Teach me your way (CCLI, One Licence)
384 If we will trust in God to guide us (One Licence)
399 Holding out your hand (CCLI)
401 Follow me (CCLI, One Licence)
439 Forgiven (One Licence)

219 Jesus comes with all his grace
256 From heaven you came, helpless babe (The Servant King)
259 Among us and before us, Lord, you stand
337 O dearest Jesus, why aren’t you acquitted
338 See, world, your life suspended
339 O sacred head sore wounded
554 If we will trust in God to guide us
640 Kneels at the feet of his friends
693 Come as you are

119 Come down, O Love divine G9 (see TIS 398)
132 Spirit of wisdom, turn our eyes (alt tune 245, G6)
149 Jesus, priceless treasure* G3
150 King of glory, now before Thee G6
153 One thing needful: this one treasure G9
178 Dearest Saviour, hear my promise G3
756 O Lord, throughout these forty days G5 (CCLI, One Licence)
757 On my heart imprint your image (CCLI, One Licence)
788 Lord, who left the highest heaven G8 (CCLI, One Licence)
789 My Lord, you wore no royal crown G6 (CCLI, One Licence)
848 With deep humility, O Lord G5 (holy communion) (Public Domain)
849 With holy joy my heart shall beat (alt tune 839, G7) (holy communion) (Public Domain)
899 O Lord, hear my prayer (One Licence)

34 Seek ye first (CCLI)
199 I know where I’m going (Public Domain)
274 In Jesus’ name (CCLI)
282 O Lord, hear my prayer (contact Ateliers et Presses de Taizé )
397 These I lay down (holy communion)(contact Ateliers et Presses de Taizé )
413 The summons (CCLI, One Licence)

398 Come down, O Love divine
476 As a chalice cast of gold
741 O Lord, hear my prayer
745 Seek ye first the kingdom of God

The Allegri Miserere
In the 1960s, the Choir of Kings College, Cambridge, under the direction of David Willcocks, recorded an English version of the Allegri Miserere, with Roy Goodman as the solo treble. If a recording of this piece can be obtained, or another recording in English, and the text of the psalm provided for the congregation to follow (from the old Book of Common Prayer), it provides a suitably meditative pause in the Ash Wednesday service.

Versions for the congregation to sing
TIS 32, Have mercy on me, O God, is a version of Psalm 51:1-4a,10-12,15; and TIS 31, Have mercy on us, living Lord, is a paraphrase of the whole psalm.

Here are two metrical versions of Psalm 51:1-17 by David Schütz for the congregation to sing together. Since both versions are rather long, consider alternating verses between men and women or left and right sides of the church. If reproducing either of these versions, please put ‘Words (c) David Schütz’ at the beginning or the end of the psalm.

Version 1. Tune: Aus tiefer Not (Luther) LH 310

Have mercy on me, O my God,
according to your steadfast love;
wipe my transgressions from your sight,
according to your gen’rous grace.
O wash me from iniquity,
and cleanse me from the stain of sin;
for I know my transgressions.

I’ve sinned against you, Lord, alone,
and done what’s evil in your sight,
so you are right to sentence me,
and blameless when you judge my sin.
Indeed, a sinner I was born,
but you seek truth within my heart;
so make me know your wisdom.

Purge me with hyssop, make me clean;
O wash me, make me white as snow.
Let me hear sounds of joy again;
and give me gladness in my soul.
O let the bones you crushed be healed
and turn your face from all my sins,
blot out all my transgressions.

Create in me a clean heart, God,
and let my spirit be renewed.
Don’t cast me out, away from you,
or take your spirit from my heart.
Restore to me the joy I knew
when first you saved me from my sin.
Uphold me with your spirit.

Then I will teach your way to those
whose sin has brought them to despair;
and I will teach them how you save,
and then they will return to you.
O rescue me, my saving God,
from death, so that my heart will sing
out loud of how you saved me.

Open my lips, O Lord, and I
will tell about your love to all.
For you require no sacrifice;
there’s nothing I could offer you.
The sacrifice you ask of me,
is but a broken, contrite heart.
And this, I know, you’ll not despise.

OR

Version 2. Tune: Delay not LH 304

Have mercy upon me, O God, in your love;
blot out my transgressions, O merciful God;
O wash me and cleanse me from all of my guilt,
for I know my sin and I know what I’ve done.

Against you, O Father, alone, I have sinned,
and done what is evil, condemned by your law.
I know that your judgment is righteous and true;
I know I am guilty, that’s how I was born.

But you look for truth in my innermost thoughts;
so give me your wisdom deep down in my heart.
Purge me with hyssop and I shall be clean,
and wash me and make me far whiter than snow.

Let me hear your good news that I may be glad;
and let me rejoice when my hurts have been healed.
Don’t let your eyes rest on the sins I have done;
blot out from your memory the things I’ve done wrong.

Create a clean heart within me, O my God,
and put a right spirit within me, O Lord.
Don’t chase me away from your presence, I pray,
and don’t take your life-giving spirit away.

O Lord, be my Saviour, renew all my joy,
sustain in me your willing spirit to serve;
and then I will teach those who sin of your love,
and they will return to you, just as I have.

Deliver me, God, from the evil of death;
and then I will praise you, O Saviour, and sing.
Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare
your praise now and ever, here and everywhere.

You take no delight in the offerings we bring;
there’s nothing you ask of us that we should give.
There’s only one sacrifice that you accept:
a heart that is sorry and ready for love.

Music Resources Vol 3– Psalm settings: Psalm 51, Psalm 51