The Lutheran Hymnary ‎#415

415. Jesus, Thy blood and righteousness

1 Jesus, Thy blood and righteousness
My beauty are, my glorious dress;
Midst flaming worlds, in these arrayed,
With joy shall I lift up my head.

2 Bold shall I stand in that great day;
For who ought to my charge shall lay?
Fully absolved through these I am,
From sin and fear, from guilt and shame.

3 The holy, meek, unspotted Lamb,
Who from the Father's bosom came,
Who died for me, sin to atone,
Now as my Lord and God I own.

4 Lord, I believe Thy precious blood,
Which at the mercy-seat of God
For ever doth for sinners plead,
For me, e'en for my soul was shed.

5 Lord, I believe, were sinners more
Than sands upon the ocean shore,
Thou hast for all a ransom paid,
For all a full atonement made.

6 When from the dust of death I rise
To claim my mansion in the skies,
Even then this shall be all my plea,--
Jesus hath lived, and died for me!

Text Information

• First Line: Jesus, Thy blood and righteousness
• Author: N. L. von Zinzendorf (1739)
• Meter: L. M.
• Publication Date: 1913
• Topic: The Church Year: Sixth Sunday after Trinity; Justification

Tune Information

• Name: [Jesus, Thy blood and righteousness]
• Meter: L. M.
• Source: German, 1605