ELHB Hymn 202
Enslaved by sin, and bound in chains
Anne Steele
Hymn Text
202. Enslaved by sin, and bound in chains
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1 Enslaved by sin, and bound in chains,
Beneath its dreadful tyrant sway,
And doomed to everlasting pains,
We wretched, guilty captives lay.
Beneath its dreadful tyrant sway,
And doomed to everlasting pains,
We wretched, guilty captives lay.
2 Nor gold nor gems could buy our peace,
Nor the whole world’s collected store
Suffice to purchase our release;
A thousand worlds were all too poor.
Nor the whole world’s collected store
Suffice to purchase our release;
A thousand worlds were all too poor.
3 Jesus, the Lord, the mighty God,
An all-sufficient ransom paid:
O matchless price! His precious blood
For vile, rebellious traitors shed.
An all-sufficient ransom paid:
O matchless price! His precious blood
For vile, rebellious traitors shed.
4 Jesus the sacrifice became
To rescue guilty souls from hell;
The spotless, bleeding, dying Lamb,
Beneath avenging justice fell.
To rescue guilty souls from hell;
The spotless, bleeding, dying Lamb,
Beneath avenging justice fell.
Source noted on Hymnary: Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-book #202