Text: | When O'er My Sins I Sorrow |
Author: | Justus Gesenius, 1601-73 |
Tune: | HERR CHRIST, DER EINIG GOTTS SOHN |
1 When o'er my sins I sorrow,
Lord, I will look to you
And hence my comfort borrow
That you were slain for me.
Your precious blood was offered
For me, oh, most unworthy,
To take away my guilt.
2 Oh, what a marv'lous off'ring!
Behold, the Master spares
His servants, and their suff'ring
And grief for them he bears.
Our God comes down from heaven;
For me, his guilty creature,
He deigns as man to die.
3 My manifold transgression
Henceforth can harm me none
Since Jesus' bloody passion
For me God's grace has won.
His blood my debt has canceled;
Of hell and all its torments
I am no more afraid.
4 Therefore I will forever
Give thanks continually,
O Jesus, loving Savior,
For what you did for me.
I'll spend my breath in praises
For your sad cry, your suff'rings,
Your wounds, your guiltless death.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | When o'er my sins I sorrow, Lord |
Title: | When O'er My Sins I Sorrow |
Author: | Justus Gesenius, 1601-73 (abr.) |
Meter: | 76 76 776 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1993 |
Topic: | Lent |
Source: | Translation composite |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | HERR CHRIST, DER EINIG GOTTS SOHN |
Meter: | 76 76 776 |
Key: | F Major |
Source: | Eyn Enchiridion oder Handbüchlein, Erfurt, 1524, alt. |
Copyright: | Setting: © 1986 Bruce R. Backer. Used by permission. |