My Crucified Savior (EN 2388)

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My crucified Savior, despised and contemned,

Thou innocent victim for sinners condemned,

Thy garments are blood-stained, Thy spirit doth groan,

In agony prostrate, Thou suff’rest alone.

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Thou weepest and moanest in conflict and prayer,

And writhest in agony, pain and despair;

In thirty years’ anguish our path Thou hast trod,

And diest at last to redeem us to God.

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Our Savior thus finished God’s plan with our race,

And laid the foundation for pardon and grace.

And then rose triumphant, the conquering Lord,

Appeased the Creator and mankind restored.

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Restored to the bliss that was lost in the fall,

Yea, greater, for Jesus prepared for us all

Eternal salvation and mansions above;

Come, poor, burdened sinners, rejoice in His love.

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Yea, come, trembling sinner, come just as thou art,

Thy cares and thy sorrows to Jesus impart;

In Him seek salvation from death and the grave,

For Jesus is willing and mighty to save.