Lyrics
Intro
Your mercy
Your mercy
Your mercy
Your mercy
Chorus
I have seen your Mercy
Your Mercy
Your Mercy
I have seen your Mercy
I have felt your mercy
I have known your mercy
How can I ever repay
I have seen your mercy
I have felt your mercy
I have known your mercy
Father I thank you
Intro (Repeat)
Your Mercy
Your Mercy
Your Mercy
Your Mercy
Chorus (Repeat)
I have seen your Mercy
I have felt your mercy
I have known your mercy
How can I ever repay
I have seen your mercy
I have felt your mercy
I have known your mercy
Father I thank you
Verse
Not because of what I’ve done
Not because of what I’ll do
My past confronted me
Your mercy exempted me
Since your mercy fell on me
Your goodness is all I see
Your favour accompanies me
Your blessings they follow me
Chorus (Repeat)
I have seen your Mercy
I have felt your mercy
I have known your mercy
How can I ever repay
I have seen your mercy
I have felt your mercy
I have known your mercy
Father I thank you
Bridge
It’s your unending mercy
It’s your life changing mercy
Your life transforming mercy
Your Mercy all over me
It’s your unending mercy
It’s your life changing mercy
Your life transforming mercy
Your Mercy all over me
Chorus (Repeat)
I have seen your Mercy
I have felt your mercy
I have known your mercy
How can I ever repay
I have seen your mercy
I have felt your mercy
I have known your mercy
Father I thank you
Outro
I have seen your mercy
I have felt your mercy
I have known your mercy
Father I thank you
Father I thank you
Video
Meaning & Inspiration
“Mercy” by Toluwanimee is a Nigerian worship song of thanks for God’s mercy. It begins with the single word repeated, “Your mercy,” and then states a testimony: “I have seen Your mercy, I have felt Your mercy, I have known Your mercy.” The question that follows is “How can I ever repay?” and the answer is simply “Father, I thank You.”
The verse gives the reason. It is not because of what the singer has done or will do, since his past confronted him and mercy exempted him. After mercy fell on him, goodness, favor, and blessings follow him. These lines are close to Psalm 23:6 and Ephesians 2:8-9.
The bridge calls the mercy unending, life changing, and life transforming, and says it is all over him. The song then returns to the repeated testimony. It is a plain statement of gratitude.
Related Scripture
- Psalm 23:6 Goodness and mercy will follow me
- Ephesians 2:8-9 Saved by grace, not by works
- Lamentations 3:22-23 The Lord’s mercies never end