Text: | When O'er My Sins I Sorrow |
Author: | Justus Gesenius |
Translator (st. 1): | Catherine Winkworth |
Tune: | WENN MEINE SÜND' |
Composer: | Michael Prätorious |
1 When o'er my sins I sorrow,
Lord, I will look to Thee
And hence my comfort borrow
That Thou wast slain for me;
Yea, Lord, Thy precious blood was spilt
For me, O 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.
God stoopeth from His throne on high;
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 hath won.
His precious blood my debts hath paid;
Of hell and all its torments
I am no more afraid.
4 Therefore I will forever
Give glory unto Thee,
O Jesus, loving Savior,
For what Thou didst for me.
I'll spend my breath in songs of thanks
For Thy sad cry, Thy suff'rings,
Thy wrongs, Thy guiltless death.
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | When o'er my sins I sorrow |
Title: | When O'er My Sins I Sorrow |
German Title: | Wenn meine Sünd' mich kränken |
Translator (st. 1): | Catherine Winkworth (1863) |
Author: | Justus Gesenius (1646, cento) |
Meter: | 7.6.7.6.8.7.6. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1941 |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | The Church Year: Lent |
Source: | Tr. composite, sts. 2-4 |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | WENN MEINE SÜND' |
Composer: | Michael Prätorious (1609) |
Meter: | 7.6.7.6.8.7.6. |
Key: | a minor |