ELHB Hymn 214
Alas! and did my Savior bleed
Isaac Watts (1707)
Hymn Text
214. Alas! and did my Savior bleed
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1 Alas! and did my Savior bleed,
And did my Sov'reign die?
Would He devote that sacred head
For such a worm as I?
And did my Sov'reign die?
Would He devote that sacred head
For such a worm as I?
2 Was it for crimes that I had done
He groaned upon the tree?
Amazing pity, grace unknown,
And love beyond degree!
He groaned upon the tree?
Amazing pity, grace unknown,
And love beyond degree!
3 Well might the sun in darkness hide,
And shut his glories in,
When God, the mighty Maker, died
For man the creature's sin.
And shut his glories in,
When God, the mighty Maker, died
For man the creature's sin.
4 Thus might I hide my blushing face
While His dear Cross appears,
Dissolve my heart in thankfulness,
And melt mine eyes in tears.
While His dear Cross appears,
Dissolve my heart in thankfulness,
And melt mine eyes in tears.
Source noted on Hymnary: Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-book #214