Author: Watts Hymnal: Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs #CXXXVIII (1792) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Hymnal Title: Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs First Line: Deep in our hearts let us record Lyrics: 1 Deep in our hearts let us record
The deeper sorrows of our Lord;
Behold the rising billows roll,
To overwhelm his holy soul.
2 In long complaints he spends his breath,
While hosts of hell, and pow'rs of death,
And all the sons of malice join,
To execute their curst design.
3 Yet, gracious God, thy pow'r and love
Has made the curse a blessing prove;
Those dreadful suff'rings of thy Son,
Aton'd for sins which he had done.
4 The pangs of our expiring Lord
The honours of thy law restor'd:
His sorrows made thy justice known,
And paid for follies not his own.
5 O for his sake our guilt forgive,
And let the mourning sinner live:
The Lord will hear us in his name,
Nor shall our hope be turn'd to shame. Topics: The Sufferings, Agony, and Bloody Sweat, of the Man of Grief: The Word Made Flesh Scripture: Psalm 69:4 Languages: English
Christ's Passion, and the Sinner's Salvation