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O Sacred Head, Now Wounded
Author: Paul Gerhardt; James W. Alexander Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.6.7.6 Appears in 725 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 53:3-6 Lyrics: 1 O sacred head, now wounded,
with grief and shame weighed down,
now scornfully surrounded
with thorns, your only crown.
O sacred head, what glory
and blessing you have known!
Yet, though despised and gory,
I claim you as my own.
2 My Lord, what you did suffer
was all for sinners' gain;
mine, mine was the transgression,
but yours the deadly pain.
So here I kneel, my Savior,
for I deserve your place;
look on me with your favor
and save me by your grace.
3 What language shall I borrow
to thank you, dearest Friend,
for this, your dying sorrow,
your mercy without end?
Lord, make me yours forever,
a loyal servant true,
and let me never, never
outlive my love for you.
Topics: Cross of Christ; Epiphany & Ministry of Christ; Love Our Love to God; Suffering of Christ; Lent; Atonement; Blood of Christ; Confession of Sin; Cross of Christ; Epiphany & Ministry of Christ; Love Our Love to God; Suffering of Christ; Thanksgiving & Gratitude Used With Tune: HERZLICH TUT MICH VERLANGEN Text Sources: Latin, medieval
O Sacred Head, Now Wounded
Man of Sorrows– What a Name
Author: Philip P. Bliss Meter: 7.7.7.8 Appears in 327 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 53:3-6 Lyrics: 1 Man of sorrows– what a name
for the Son of God, who came
ruined sinners to reclaim:
Hallelujah, what a Savior!
2 Bearing shame and scoffing rude,
in my place condemned he stood,
sealed my pardon with his blood:
Hallelujah, what a Savior!
3 Guilty, helpless, lost were we;
blameless Lamb of God was he,
sacrificed to set us free:
Hallelujah, what a Savior!
4 He was lifted up to die;
"It is finished" was his cry;
now in heaven exalted high:
Hallelujah, what a Savior!
5 When he comes, our glorious King,
all his ransomed home to bring,
then anew this song we'll sing:
Hallelujah, what a Savior!
Topics: Ascension & Reign of Christ; Cross of Christ; Epiphany & Ministry of Christ; Praise & Adoration; Return of Christ; Redemption; Alleluias; Ascension & Reign of Christ; Cross of Christ; Epiphany & Ministry of Christ; Lamb of God; Praise & Adoration; Redemption; Return of Christ; Salvation Used With Tune: HALLELUJAH! WHAT A SAVIOR
Man of Sorrows– What a Name
Alas! and Did My Savior Bleed
Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 2,305 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 53:3-6 Lyrics: 1 Alas! and did my Savior bleed,
and did my Sovereign die?
Would he devote that sacred head
for sinners such as I?
2 Was it for sins that I have done
he groaned upon the tree?
Amazing pity, grace unknown,
and love beyond degree!
3 Well might the sun in darkness hide
and shut its glories in
when Christ, the mighty Maker, died
for his own creatures' sin.
4 Thus might I hide my blushing face
while his dear cross appears,
dissolve my heart in thankfulness,
and melt mine eyes to tears.
Topics: Cross of Christ; Suffering of Christ; Lent; Atonement; Cross of Christ; Suffering of Christ Used With Tune: MARTYRDOM
Alas! and Did My Savior Bleed
The Strife Is O'er
Author: F. Pott Meter: 8.8.8 with refrain Appears in 496 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 53:5 First Line: The strife is o'er, the battle done Lyrics: 1 The strife is o'er, the battle done;
the victory of life is won;
the song of triumph has begun.
Alleluia!
2 The powers of death have done their worst,
but Christ their legions hath dispersed:
let shout of holy joy outburst.
Alleluia!
3 The three sad days are quickly sped,
he rises glorious from the dead;
all glory to our risen Head!
Alleluia!
4 He closed the yawning gates of hell;
the bars from heaven's high portals fell,
yet hymns of praise his triumphs tell.
Alleluia!
5 Lord! by the stripes which wounded thee,
from death's dread sting thy servants free,
that we may live and sing to thee!
Alleluia!
Used With Tune: VICTORY Text Sources: Finita iam sunt proelia, Latin hymn in Symphonia Serenum Selectarum (1695)
The Strife Is O'er
Ah, Holy Jesus, How Have You Offended
Author: Johann Heermann; Robert Seymour Bridges Meter: 11.11.11.5 Appears in 135 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 53:3-6 Lyrics: 1 Ah, holy Jesus, how have you offended,
that mortal judgment has on you descended?
By foes derided, by your own rejected,
O most afflicted!
2 Who was the guilty? Who brought this upon you?
It is my treason, Lord, that has undone you.
'Twas I, Lord Jesus, I it was denied you;
I crucified you.
3 For me, dear Jesus, was your incarnation,
your mortal sorrow, and your life's oblation;
your death of anguish and your bitter passion,
for my salvation.
4 Therefore, dear Jesus, since I cannot pay you,
I do adore you and will ever pray you,
think on your pity and your love unswerving,
not my deserving.
Topics: Commitment & Dedication; Cross of Christ; Epiphany & Ministry of Christ; Suffering of Christ; Lent; Atonement; Commitment & Dedication; Confession of Sin; Cross of Christ; Epiphany & Ministry of Christ; Suffering of Christ Used With Tune: HERZLIEBSTER JESU
Ah, Holy Jesus, How Have You Offended
I Lay My Sins on Jesus
Author: Horatius Bonar Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 560 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 53:4 Lyrics: 1 I lay my sins on Jesus,
the spotless Lamb of God;
he bears them all, and frees us
from the accursed load:
I bring my guilt to Jesus,
to wash my crimson stains
white in his blood most precious,
till not a spot remains.
2 I lay my wants on Jesus;
all fullness dwells in him;
he heals all my diseases,
he doth my soul redeem:
I lay my griefs on Jesus,
my burdens and my cares;
he from them all releases,
he all my sorrows shares.
3 I rest my soul on Jesus,
this weary soul of mine;
his right hand me embraces,
I on his breast recline.
I love the name of Jesus,
Immanuel, Christ, the Lord;
like fragrance on the breezes
his name abroad is poured.
4 I long to be like Jesus,
meek, loving, lowly, mild;
I long to be like Jesus,
the Father's holy child;
I long to be with Jesus
amid the heav'nly throng,
to sing with saints his praises,
to learn the angels' song.
Topics: Deliverance; Christ Lamb of God; Christ Substitute; Communion with Christ and God; Forgiveness of Sins; Imitation of Christ; Imputation of Sin; Preparatory Service Used With Tune: COMMEMORATION
I Lay My Sins on Jesus
Hail, Thou Once Despised Jesus
Author: John Bakewell; Martin Madan; Augustus Toplady Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 625 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 53:3 First Line: Hail, Thou once despised Jesus! Topics: The Worship of God; The Son Suffering And Death
Hail, Thou Once Despised Jesus
Stricken, Smitten, and Afflicted
Author: Thomas Kelly Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 87 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 53:4 Lyrics: 1 Stricken, smitten, and afflicted,
see him dying on the tree!
'Tis the Christ by man rejected;
yes, my soul, 'tis he, 'tis he!
'Tis the long-expected Prophet,
David's Son, yet David's Lord;
by his Son God now has spoken:
'tis the true and faithful Word.
2 Tell me, ye who hear him groaning,
was there ever grief like his?
Friends thro' fear his cause disowning,
foes insulting his distress;
many hands were raised to wound him,
none would interpose to save;
but the deepest stroke that pierced him
was the stroke that Justice gave.
3 Ye who think of sin but lightly
nor suppose the evil great
here may view its nature rightly,
here its guilt may estimate.
Mark the sacrifice appointed,
see who bears the awful load;
'tis the Word, the Lord's Anointed,
Son of Man and Son of God.
4 Here we have a firm foundation,
here the refuge of the lost;
Christ's the Rock of our salvation,
his the name of which we boast.
Lamb of God, for sinners wounded,
sacrifice to cancel guilt!
None shall ever be confounded
who on him their hope have built.
Topics: Jesus Christ His Death; Christ Man of Sorrows; Christ Messiah; Christ Rejected; Christ Rock; Christ Son of David; God Justice of; Imputation of Sin Used With Tune: O MEIN JESU, ICH MUSS STERBEN
Stricken, Smitten, and Afflicted
What a Friend We Have in Jesus
Author: Joseph M. Scriven Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 1,694 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 53:4 Lyrics: 1 What a friend we have in Jesus,
all our sins and griefs to bear!
What a privilege to carry
everything to God in prayer!
O what peace we often forfeit,
O what needless pain we bear,
all because we do not carry
everything to God in prayer!
2 Have we trials and temptations?
Is there trouble anywhere?
We should never be discouraged;
take it to the Lord in prayer!
Can we find a friend so faithful
who will all our sorrows share?
Jesus knows our every weakness;
take it to the Lord in prayer!
3 Are we weak and heavy laden,
cumbered with a load of care?
Precious Savior, still our refuge–
take it to the Lord in prayer!
Do thy friends despise, forsake thee?
Take it to the Lord in prayer!
In his arms he'll take and shield thee;
thou wilt find a solace there.
Topics: Prayer; Temptation; Trials Used With Tune: CONVERSE
What a Friend We Have in Jesus
Christ Triumphant, Ever Reigning
Author: Michael Saward, 1932- Meter: 8.5.8.5.7.9 Appears in 22 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 53:4-5 Lyrics: 1 Christ triumhant, ever reigning,
Savior, Master, King!
Lord of heaven, our lives sustaining,
hear us as we sing:
Yours the glory and the crown,
the high renown, the eternal name.
2 Word incarnate, truth revealing,
Son of Man on earth!
power and majesty concealing
by your humble birth:
Yours the glory and the crown,
the high renown, the eternal name.
3 Suffering servant, scorned, ill-treated,
victim crucified!
death is through the cross defeated,
sinners justified:
Yours the glory and the crown,
the high renown, the eternal name.
4 Priestly king, enthroned for ever
high in heaven above!
sin and death and hell shall never
stifle hymns of love:
Yours the glory and the crown,
the high renown, the eternal name.
5 So, our hearts and voices raising
through the ages long,
ceaselessly upon you gazing,
this shall be our song:
Yours the glory and the crown,
the high renown, the eternal name. Used With Tune: GUITING POWER
Christ Triumphant, Ever Reigning
Hymn 141
Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 19 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 53:1-5 First Line: Who has believed thy word Lyrics:
Who has believed thy word,
Or thy salvation known?
Reveal thine arm, Almighty Lord,
And glorify thy Son.
The Jews esteemed him here
Too mean for their belief;
Sorrows his chief acquaintance were,
And his companion, grief.
They turned their eyes away,
And treated him with scorn;
But 'twas their grief upon him lay,
Their sorrows he has borne.
'Twas for the stubborn Jews,
And Gentiles then unknown,
The God of justice pleased to bruise
His best-beloved Son.
"But I'll prolong his days,
And make his kingdom stand;
My pleasure," saith the God of grace,
"Shall prosper in his hand."
["His joyful soul shall see
The purchase of his pain
And by his knowledge justify
The guilty sons of men.]
["Ten thousand captive slaves,
Released from death and sin,
Shall quit their prisons and their graves
And own his power divine.]
["Heav'n shall advance my Son
To joys that earth denied;
Who saw the follies men had done,
And bore their sins, and died."]
Hymn 141
Hymn 142
Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 140 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 53:6-9 First Line: Like sheep we went astray Lyrics:
Like sheep we went astray,
And broke the fold of God,
Each wand'ring in a diff'rent way,
But all the downward road.
How dreadful was the hour
When God our wand'rings laid,
And did at once his vengeance pour,
Upon the Shepherd's head!
How glorious was the grace
When Christ sustained the stroke
His life and blood the Shepherd pays
A ransom for the flock.
His honor and his breath
Were taken both away,
Joined with the wicked in his death,
And made as vile as they.
But God shall raise his head
O'er all the sons of men,
And make him see a num'rous seed,
To recompense his pain.
"I'll give him," saith the Lord,
A portion with the strong;
He shall possess a large reward,
And hold his honors long."
Hymn 142
Mi Culpa El Llevó
Author: H. C. Ball Appears in 15 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 53:4-6 First Line: Cansado y triste vine al Salvador Refrain First Line: Me culpa él llevó Used With Tune: HE TOOK MY SINS AWAY Text Sources: Basado en Isaías 53:4-6
Mi Culpa El Llevó
Saviour, sprinkle many nations
Author: A. Cleveland Coxe Appears in 160 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 52:15 Used With Tune: STOCKWELL
Saviour, sprinkle many nations
My Song Is Love Unknown
Author: Samuel Crossman, c. 1624-83 Meter: 6.6.6.6.4.4.4.4 Appears in 127 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 52:13 Lyrics: 1 My song is love unknown,
My Savior’s love to me,
Love to the loveless shown
That they might lovely be.
Oh, who am I
That for my sake
My Lord should take
Frail flesh and die?
2 He came from His blest throne
Salvation to bestow;
But men made strange, and none
The longed-for Christ would know.
But, oh, my friend,
My Friend indeed,
Who at my need
His life did spend!
3 Sometimes they strew His way
And His sweet praises sing;
Resounding all the day
Hosannas to their King.
Then “Crucify!”
Is all their breath,
And for His death
They thirst and cry.
4 Why, what hath my Lord done?
What makes this rage and spite?
He made the lame to run,
He gave the blind their sight.
Sweet injuries!
Yet they at these
Themselves displease
And 'gainst Him rise.
5 They rise and needs will have
My dear Lord made away;
A murderer they save,
The Prince of Life they slay.
Yet cheerful He
To suff'ring goes
That He His foes
From thence might free.
6 In life no house, no home
My Lord on earth might have;
In death no friendly tomb
But what a stranger gave.
What may I say?
Heav'n was His home
But mine the tomb
Wherein He lay.
7 Here might I stay and sing,
No story so divine!
Never was love, dear King,
Never was grief like Thine.
This is my friend,
In whose sweet praise
I all my days
Could gladly spend!
Topics: Redeemer Used With Tune: LOVE UNKNOWN
My Song Is Love Unknown
I Was A Wandering Sheep
Author: Horatius Bonar Meter: 6.6.8.6 D Appears in 498 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 53:6 Lyrics: 1 I was a wand'ring sheep,
I did not love the fold;
I did not love my Shepherd's voice,
I would not be controlled.
I was a wayward child,
I did not love my home;
I did not love my Father's voice,
I loved afar to roam.
2 The Shepherd sought his sheep,
the Father sought his child;
they followed me o'er vale and hill,
o'er deserts waste and wild:
they found me nigh to death,
famished and faint and lone;
they bound me with the bands of love,
they saved the wand'ring one.
3 Jesus my Shepherd is;
'twas he that loved my soul,
'twas he that washed me in his blood,
'twas he that made me whole;
'twas he that sought the lost,
that found the wand'ring sheep,
'twas he that brought me to the fold,
'tis he that still doth keep.
4 I was a wand'ring sheep,
I would not be controlled;
but now I love my Shepherd's voice,
I love, I love the fold.
I was a wayward child,
I once preferred to roam;
but now I love my Father's voice,
I love, I love his home.
Topics: The Way of Salvation Salvation by Grace; Backsliding; Christ Shepherd; Evangelistic; Forgiveness of Sins; Love For Christ of God Used With Tune: LEBANON
I Was A Wandering Sheep
O Christ, the Lamb of God
Appears in 297 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 53:7 Lyrics: 1 O Christ, the Lamb of God,
who takes away the sin of the world,
have mercy upon us.
2 O Christ, the Lamb of God,
who takes away the sin of the world,
have mercy upon us.
3 O Christ, the Lamb of God,
who takes away the sin of the world,
grant us your peace.
Amen.
Topics: Grow Confession and Forgiveness Used With Tune: CHRISTE, DU LAMM GOTTES Text Sources: Agnus Dei
O Christ, the Lamb of God
What Wondrous Love Is This
Meter: 12.9.12.12.9 Appears in 252 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 53:6 Lyrics: 1 What wondrous love is this, O my soul, O my soul,
What wondrous love is this, O my soul!
What wondrous love is this that caused the Lord of bliss
To bear the *heavy cross for my soul, for my soul,
To bear the *heavy cross for my soul!
2 To God and to the Lamb, I will sing, I will sing,
To God and to the Lamb, I will sing;
To God and to the Lamb who is the great I Am,
While millions join the theme, I will sing, I will sing;
While millions join the theme, I will sing!
3 And when from death I’m free, I’ll sing on, I’ll sing on.
And when from death I’m free, I’ll sing on;
And when from death I’m free, I’ll sing and joyful be,
And through eternity, I’ll sing on, I’ll sing on.
And through eternity I’ll sing on.
*dreadful curse Used With Tune: WONDROUS LOVE Text Sources: American folk hymn, c. 1811
What Wondrous Love Is This
O Christ, what burdens bowed Thy head!
Author: Mrs. Anne Ross Cousin Meter: 8.6.8.6.8.6 Appears in 47 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 53:6 Topics: God: His Attributes, Works and Word The Son - Sufferings and Death Used With Tune: SPOHR
O Christ, what burdens bowed Thy head!
Praise Him! Praise Him!
Author: Fanny J. Crosby Meter: 12.10.12.10.11.10.11.10 Appears in 406 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 53:4 First Line: Praise him! praise him! Jesus, our blessed Redeemer Refrain First Line: Praise him! Praise him! tell of his excellent greatness Lyrics: 1 Praise him! praise him! Jesus, our blessed Redeemer!
Sing, O Earth, his wonderful love proclaim!
Hail him! hail him! highest archangels in glory;
strength and honor give to his holy name!
Like a shepherd Jesus will guard his children,
in his arms he carries them all day long:
Refrain:
Praise him! praise him!
tell of his excellent greatness;
praise him! praise him
ever in joyful song!
2 Praise him! praise him! Jesus, our blessed Redeemer!
For our sins he suffered, and bled and died;
he our Rock, our hope of eternal salvation,
hail him! hail him! Jesus the Crucified.
Sound his praises! Jesus who bore our sorrows;
love unbounded, wonderful, deep and strong: (Refrain)
3 Praise him! praise him! Jesus, our blessed Redeemer!
Heavenly portals loud with hosannas ring!
Jesus, Savior, reigneth forever and ever;
crown him! crown him! Prophet and Priest and King!
Christ is coming! over the world victorious,
power and glory unto the Lord belong: (Refrain)
Topics: Jesus Christ Names; Jesus Christ Passion; Jesus Christ Redeemer; Jesus Christ Refuge; Jesus Christ Reign; Jesus Christ Return (Coming in Glory); Jesus Christ Savior; Jesus Christ Shepherd; Praise of Jesus Christ Used With Tune: JOYFUL SONG
Praise Him! Praise Him!
O Sacred Head, Surrounded
Author: Henry Williams Baker (1821-1877); Arnulf of Louvain (1200?-1250?); Paul Gerhardt (1607-1676); James Waddell Alexander (1804-1853) Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 89 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 52:13-15; 53 Lyrics: 1 O sacred head surrounded
by crown of piercing thorn;
O royal head so wounded,
reviled, and put to scorn:
death's shadows rise before you,
the glow of life decays,
yet angel hosts adore you
and tremble as they gaze!
2 Your youthfulness and vigour
are spent, your strength is gone,
and in your tortured figure
I see death drawing on:
what agony of dying,
what love, to sinners free!
My Lord, all grace supplying,
O turn your face on me!
3 Your sinless soul's oppression
was all for sinners' gain;
mine, mine was the transgression,
but yours the deadly pain:
I bow my head, my Saviour,
for I deserve your place;
O grant to me your favour,
and heal me by your grace.
4 What language shall I borrow
to thank you, dearest Friend,
for this your dying sorrow,
your mercy without end?
Lord, make me yours for ever:
your servant let me be;
and may I never, never
betray your love for me. Topics: Holy Week (Good Friday) Used With Tune: PASSION CHORALE Text Sources: rev. Hymns for Today's Church, 1982
O Sacred Head, Surrounded
O Jesus, We Adore You
Author: Arthur T. Russell Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.6.7.6 Appears in 55 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 53:3-6 Lyrics: 1 O Jesus, we adore you,
upon the cross, our King.
We bow our hearts before you;
your gracious name we sing.
That name has brought salvation,
that name in life our stay,
our peace, our consolation,
when life shall fade away.
2 The world does yet disdain you,
still passing by the cross;
Lord, may our hearts retain you;
all else we count but loss.
Ah, Lord, our sins arraigned you
and nailed you to the tree;
our pride, O Lord, disdained you,
yet you have set us free.
3 O glorious King, we praise you,
no longer pass you by;
O Jesus, we confess you
the Son enthroned on high.
Lord, grant to us forgiveness;
life through your death restore;
yes, grant to us the fullness
of life forevermore.
Topics: Epiphany & Ministry of Christ; Praise & Adoration; Redemption; Epiphany & Ministry of Christ; Eternal Life; Praise & Adoration; Redemption; Salvation Used With Tune: MEIRIONYDD
O Jesus, We Adore You
O Dearest Jesus, What Law Hast Thou Broken
Author: Johann Heermann, 1585-1647; Catherine Winkworth, 1827-78 Meter: 11.11.11.5 Appears in 22 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 53:4-6 Lyrics: 1 O dearest Jesus, what law hast Thou broken
That such sharp sentence should on Thee be spoken?
Of what great crime hast Thou to make confession,
What dark transgression?
2 They crown Thy head with thorns, they smite, they scourge Thee;
With cruel mockings to the cross they urge Thee;
They give Thee gall to drink, they still decry Thee;
They crucify Thee.
3 Whence come these sorrows, whence this mortal anguish?
It is my sins for which Thou, Lord, must languish;
Yea, all the wrath, the woe, Thou dost inherit,
This I do merit.
4 What punishment so strange is suffered yonder!
The Shepherd dies for sheep that loved to wander;
The Master pays the debt His servants owe Him,
Who would not know Him.
5 The sinless Son of God must die in sadness;
The sinful child of man may live in gladness;
Man forfeited his life and is acquitted;
God is committed.
6 There was no spot in me by sin untainted;
Sick with sin’s poison, all my heart had fainted;
My heavy guilt to hell had well-nigh brought me,
Such woe it wrought me.
7 O wondrous love, whose depth no heart hath sounded,
That brought Thee here, by foes and thieves surrounded!
All worldly pleasures, heedless, I was trying
While Thou wert dying.
8 O mighty King, no time can dim Thy glory!
How shall I spread abroad Thy wondrous story?
How shall I find some worthy gifts to proffer?
What dare I offer?
9 For vainly doth our human wisdom ponder—-
Thy woes, Thy mercy, still transcend our wonder.
Oh, how should I do aught that could delight Thee!
Can I requite Thee?
10 Yet unrequited, Lord, I would not leave Thee;
I will renounce whate’er doth vex or grieve Thee
And quench with thoughts of Thee and prayers most lowly
All fires unholy.
11 But since my strength will nevermore suffice me
To crucify desires that still entice me,
To all good deeds, oh, let Thy Spirit win me
And reign within me!
12 I’ll think upon Thy mercy without ceasing,
That earth’s vain joys to me no more be pleasing;
To do Thy will shall be my sole endeavor
Henceforth forever.
13 Whate’er of earthly good this life may grant me.
I’ll risk for Thee; no shame, no cross, shall daunt me.
I shall not fear what man can do to harm me
Nor death alarm me.
14 But worthless is my sacrifice, I own it;
Yet, Lord, for love’s sake Thou wilt not disown it;
Thou wilt accept my gift in Thy great meekness
Nor shame my weakness.
15 And when, dear Lord, before Thy throne in heaven
To me the crown of joy at last is given,
Where sweetest hymns Thy saints forever raise Thee,
I, too, shall praise Thee.
Used With Tune: HERZLIEBSTER JESU
O Dearest Jesus, What Law Hast Thou Broken
He Never Said a Mumbalin' Word
Meter: Irregular Appears in 15 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 53:7 First Line: They crucified my Lord Lyrics: 1 They crucified my Lord,
and he never said a mumbalin’ word;
they crucified my Lord,
and he never said a mumbalin’ word.
Not a word, not a word, not a word.
2 They nailed him to a tree,
and he never said a mumbalin’ word;
they nailed him to the tree,
and he never said a mumbalin’ word.
Not a word, not a word, not a word.
3 They pierced him in the side,
and he never said a mumbalin’ word;
they pierced him in the side,
and he never said a mumbalin’ word.
Not a word, not a word, not a word.
4 He bowed his head and died,
and he never said a mumbalin’ word;
he bowed his head and died,
and he never said a mumbalin’ word.
Not a word, not a word, not a word. Used With Tune: SUFFERER Text Sources: African-American spiritual
He Never Said a Mumbalin' Word
Deep Were His Wounds, and Red
Author: William Johnson Meter: 6.6.6.6.8.8 Appears in 14 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 53 Used With Tune: MARLEE
Deep Were His Wounds, and Red
Behold the Wood
Author: Dan Schutte, B. 1947 Appears in 9 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 53:4 First Line: Unless a grain of wheat shall fall Refrain First Line: Behold, behold the wood of the cross Topics: Seasons and Feasts Triumph of the Cross Used With Tune: [Unless a grain of wheat shall fall]
Behold the Wood
We worship at your feet
Author: Graham Kendrick, b. 1950 Appears in 8 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 53:4-7 First Line: Come and see, come and see Topics: Jesus Christ the Suffering Servant: The Passion and The Cross Used With Tune: [Come and see, come and see]
We worship at your feet
O Sacred Head, Now Wounded
Author: Bernard of Clairvaux, 1091-1153; Paul Gerhardt, 1607-76 Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.6.7.6 Appears in 7 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 53:4-5 Used With Tune: HERZLICH TUT MICH VERLANGEN (Isorhythmic) Text Sources: The Lutheran Hymnal, 1941, alt. (Tr.)
O Sacred Head, Now Wounded
Here hangs a man discarded
Author: Brian Wren (b. 1936) Meter: 7.6.7.6 Appears in 7 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 53:3 Lyrics: 1 Here hangs a man discarded,
a scarecrow hoisted high,
a nonsense pointing nowhere
to all who hurry by.
2 Can such a clown of sorrows
still bring a useful word
when faith and love seem phantoms
and every hope absurd?
3 Yet here is help and comfort
for lives by comfort bound,
when drums of dazzling progress
give strangely hollow sound:
4 Life, emptied of all meaning,
drained out in bleak distress,
can share in broken silence
our deepest emptiness;
5 And love that freely entered
the pit of life's despair,
can name our hidden darkness
and suffer with us there.
6 Christ, in our darkness risen,
help all who long for light
to hold the hand of promise,
till faith receives its sight. Topics: Christ Incarnate Passion and Death; Christian Year Good Friday; Despair and Trouble; Longing Used With Tune: SHRUB END
Here hangs a man discarded
A Lamb Goes Uncomplaining Forth
Author: P. Gerhardt, 1607-76; H. Bartels, b. 1929 Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.8.7.8.8.7 Appears in 6 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 53:6-9 Topics: Jesus, Our Redeemer Used With Tune: AN WASSERFLÜSSEN BABYLON Text Sources: Handbook to the Lutheran Hymnal, St. Louis, 1942 (tr.)
A Lamb Goes Uncomplaining Forth
When I survey the wondrous cross
Author: Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 1,997 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 53:2-6 Lyrics: 1 When I survey the wondrous cross
on which the Prince of glory died,
my richest gain I count but loss,
and pour contempt on all my pride.
2 Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast
save in the death of Christ my God;
all the vain things that charm me most,
I sacrifice them to his blood.
3 See from his head, his hands, his feet,
sorrow and love flow mingled down;
did e'er such love and sorrow meet,
or thorns compose so rich a crown?
4 Were the whole realm of nature mine,
that were a present far too small:
love so amazing, so divine,
demands my soul, my life, my all.
Topics: Consecration; Good Friday; Grace; Humility; Jesus Christ Passion and Cross; Jesus Christ Redeemer; Our Sacrifice; Personal Response to Jesus; Saints Days and Holy Days St Paul Used With Tune: ROCKINGHAM
When I survey the wondrous cross
O for a thousand tongues to sing
Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,736 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 53:10 Topics: Jesus Christ the Saviour: Lord of All Used With Tune: LYDIA
O for a thousand tongues to sing
The City of God
Author: Rev. John Newton (1725-1807) Appears in 1,293 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 52 First Line: Glorious things of thee are spoken Topics: Christ Resurrection of; Church Beloved of God; Church Glory of; Fountain Of Living Water Used With Tune: AUSTRIAN HYMN
The City of God
Crown Him with Many Crowns
Author: Matthew Bridges Meter: 6.6.8.6 D Appears in 798 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 53:4-5 Lyrics: 1 Crown him with many crowns,
the Lamb upon his throne;
hark, how the heavenly anthem drowns
all music but its own!
Awake, my soul, and sing
of him who died for thee,
and hail him as thy matchless King
through all eternity.
2 Crown him the Lord of love;
behold his hands and side,
rich wounds, yet visible above,
in beauty glorified:
no angel in the sky
can fully bear that sight,
but downward bends his burning eye
at mysteries so bright.
3 Crown him the Lord of peace,
whose power a scepter sways
from pole to pole, that wars may cease,
absorbed in prayer and praise.
His reign shall know no end;
and round his pierced feet
fair flowers of paradise extend
their fragrance ever sweet.
4 Crown him the Lord of years,
the potentate of time;
creator of the rolling spheres,
ineffably sublime.
All hail, Redeemer, hail!
For thou hast died for me;
thy praise shall never, never fail
throughout eternity.
Topics: Adoration; Jesus Christ Ascension and Reign; World Peace; Sovereignty of God Used With Tune: DIADEMATA
Crown Him with Many Crowns
There Is a Green Hill Far Away
Author: Cecil Frances Alexander (1818-1895) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 695 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 52:13-15; 53 Lyrics: 1 There is a green hill far away,
outside a city wall,
where the dear Lord was crucified
who died to save us all.
2 We may not know, we cannot tell,
what pains he had to bear;
but we believe it was for us
he hung and suffered there.
3 He died that we might be forgiven,
he died to make us good,
that we might go at last to heaven,
saved by his precious blood.
4 There was no other good enough
to pay the price of sin;
he only could unlock the gate
of heaven and let us in.
5 O dearly, dearly has he loved,
and we must love him too,
and trust in his redeeming blood,
and try his works to do. Topics: Holy Week (Good Friday) Used With Tune: HORSLEY
There Is a Green Hill Far Away
The King of Love My Shepherd Is (Psalm 23)
Author: Henry Williams Baker Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 677 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 53:6 First Line: The King of love my shepherd is Lyrics: 1 The King of love my shepherd is,
whose goodness faileth never;
I nothing lack if I am his
and he is mine forever.
2 Where streams of living water flow
my ransomed soul he leadeth,
and where the verdant pastures grow,
with food celestial feedeth.
3 Perverse and foolish oft I strayed,
but yet in love he sought me,
and on his shoulder gently laid,
and home, rejoicing, brought me.
4 In death's dark vale I fear no ill
with thee, dear Lord, beside me;
thy rod and staff my comfort still,
thy cross before to guide me.
5 Thou spread’st a table in my sight;
thy unction grace bestoweth;
and O what transport of delight
from thy pure chalice floweth!
6 And so through all the length of days
thy goodness faileth never;
Good Shepherd, may I sing thy praise
within thy house forever. Topics: Eternal Life; Forgiveness; Funeral; Grace; Guidance; Living and Dying in Christ; Providence Used With Tune: ST. COLUMBA
The King of Love My Shepherd Is (Psalm 23)
Look, Ye Saints, the Sight Is Glorious
Author: Thomas Kelly Meter: 8.7.8.7.4.7 Appears in 539 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 53:11 Lyrics: 1 Look, ye saints, the sight is glorious;
See the Man of Sorrows now;
From the fight returned victorious,
Every knee to Him shall bow:
Crown Him! Crown Him!
Crowns become the Victor's brow.
2 Crown the Saviour! Angels, crown Him!
Rich the trophies Jesus brings;
In the seat of power enthrone Him,
While the vault of heaven rings:
Crown Him! Crown Him!
Crown the Saviour King of Kings.
3 Sinners in derision crowned Him,
Mocking thus the Saviour's claim;
Saints and angels crowd around Him,
Own His title, praise His name:
Crown Him! Crown Him!
Spread abroad the Victor's fame!
4 Hark! those bursts of acclamation!
Hark! those loud triumphant chords!
Jesus takes the highest station;
O what joy the sight affords!
Crown Him! Crown Him
King of Kings, and Lord of Lords.
Amen. Topics: Christ Resurrection; Christ Triumphal Entry; Christ Adoration and Praise; Christ Conqueror; Christ Exaltation; Processionals; Jesus Christ Adoration and Praise Used With Tune: CORONAE
Look, Ye Saints, the Sight Is Glorious
Ride On, Ride On in Majesty
Author: Henry H. Milman Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 505 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 53:7 Lyrics: 1 Ride on, ride on in majesty!
Hear all the tribes hosanna cry;
O Savior meek, pursue your road
with palms and scattered garments strowed.
2 Ride on, ride on in majesty!
In lowly pomp ride on to die.
O Christ, your triumphs now begin
o'er captive death and conquered sin.
3 Ride on, ride on in majesty!
The host of angels in the sky
look down with sad and wondering eyes
to see the approaching sacrifice.
4 Ride on, ride on in majesty!
Your last and fiercest strife is nigh.
The Father on his sapphire throne
awaits his own anointed Son.
5 Ride on, ride on in majesty!
In lowly pomp ride on to die,
bow your meek head to mortal pain,
then take, O Christ, your power and reign.
Topics: Palm Sunday Used With Tune: TRURO
Ride On, Ride On in Majesty
Yes, I'll sing the wondrous story
Author: Francis Harold Rowley, 1854-1952 Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 288 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 53:6 First Line: I will sing the wondrous story Topics: Jesus Christ: Prophet, Priest and King Used With Tune: CALON LÂN
Yes, I'll sing the wondrous story
O Thou, that hearest the prayer of faith
Appears in 197 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 53:6-12 Topics: Assurance Desired; Christ Atonement of; Christ Resurrection of; Faith Justification by; Faith Prayer of; Sinners Prayer of Anxious
O Thou, that hearest the prayer of faith
Lo! How a Rose E'er Blooming
Author: Theodore Baker; Harriet Krauth Spaeth Meter: Irregular Appears in 101 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 53:2 Lyrics: 1 Lo! how a rose e'er blooming from tender stem hath sprung,
of Jesse's lineage coming, as saints of old have sung.
It came a floweret bright, amid the cold of winter,
when half spent was the night.
2 Isaiah 'twas foretold it, the Rose I have in mind;
with Mary we behold it, the Virgin Mother kind.
To show God's love aright, she bore to us a Savior,
when half spent was the night.
3 This Flower, whose fragrance tender with sweetness fills the air,
dispels with glorious splendor the darkness everywhere.
True man, yet very God, from sin and death he saves us
and lightens every load.
Topics: Biblical Persons; Biblical Persons Isaiah, Jesse, Mary; Christmas Season Used With Tune: ES IST EIN' ROS' ENTSPRUNGEN Text Sources: German carol, 16th century
Lo! How a Rose E'er Blooming
To whom, save thee who canst alone
Author: Bonar Appears in 88 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 53 First Line: Thy works, not mine, O Christ Lyrics: 1 Thy works, not mine, O Christ,
Speak gladness to this heart;
They tell me all is done;
They bid my fear depart:
To whom, save thee, Who canst alone
For sin atone, Lord! shall I flee!
2 Thy tears, not mine, O Christ,
Have wept my guilt away;
And turned this night of mine
Into a blessed day:
To whom, save thee, Who canst alone
For sin atone, Lord! shall I flee?
3 Thy wounds, not mine, O Christ,
Can heal my bruised soul;
Thy stripes, not mine, contain
The balm that makes me whole:
To whom, save thee, Who canst alone
For sin atone, Lord! shall I flee?
4 Thy cross, not mine, O Christ,
Has borne the awful load
Of sins that none can bear
But the incarnate God:
To whom, save thee, Who canst alone
For sin atone, Lord! shall I flee!
Topics: The Christian System Atonement; By His Stripes we are Healed
To whom, save thee who canst alone
I Am Not Skilled to Understand
Author: Dora Greenwell Appears in 80 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 53:11 Lyrics: 1 I am not skilled to understand
What God has willed, what God has planned;
I only know that at His right hand
Is One Who is my Savior!
2 I take Him at His word indeed;
“Christ died for sinners,” this I read;
And in my heart I find a need
Of Him to be my Savior!
3 That He should leave His place on high
And come for sinful man to die,
You count it strange? So once did I,
Before I knew my Savior!
4 And O, that He fulfilled may see
The travail of His soul in me,
And with His work contented be,
As I with my dear Savior!
5 Yes, living, dying, let me bring
My strength, my solace from this spring;
That He who lives to be my King
Once died to be my Savior!
Topics: Christ Savior; Christ Savior Used With Tune: [I am not skilled to understand]
I Am Not Skilled to Understand
Ein Lämmlein geht und trägt die Schuld
Appears in 70 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 53:5 Topics: Vom Leiden und Sterben Jesu
Ein Lämmlein geht und trägt die Schuld
Christ, the Life of All the Living
Author: Ernst Christoph Homburg, 1605-81; Catherine Winkworth, 1827-78 Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.8.7.7 Appears in 66 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 53:5 Lyrics: 1 Christ, the Life of all the living,
Christ, the death of death, our foe,
Who, Thyself for me once giving
To the darkest depths of woe:
Through thy suff'rings, death, and merit
I eternal life inherit.
Thousand, thousand thanks shall be,
Dearest Jesus, unto Thee.
2 Thou, ah! Thou, hast taken on Thee
Bonds and stripes, a cruel rod;
Pain and scorn were heaped upon Thee,
0 Thou sinless Son of God!
Thus didst Thou my soul deliver
From the bonds of sin forever.
Thousand, thousand thanks shall be,
Dearest Jesus, unto Thee.
3 Thou hast borne the smiting only
That my wounds might all be whole;
Thou hast suffered, sad and lonely,
Rest to give my weary soul;
Yea, the curse of God enduring,
Blessing unto me securing.
Thousand, thousand thanks shall be,
Dearest Jesus, unto Thee.
4 Heartless scoffers did surround Thee,
Treating Thee with shameful scorn
And with piercing thorns they crowned Thee.
All disgrace Thou, Lord, hast borne,
That as Thine Thou mightest own me
And with heav'nly glory crown me.
Thousand, thousand thanks shall be,
Dearest Jesus, unto Thee.
5 Thou hast suffered men to bruise Thee,
That from pain I might be free;
Falsely did Thy foes accuse Thee:
Thence I gain security;
Comfortless Thy soul did languish
Me to comfort in my anguish.
Thousand, thousand thanks shall be,
Dearest Jesus, unto Thee.
6 Thou hast suffered great affliction
And hast borne it patiently,
Even death by crucifixion,
Fully to atone for me;
Thou didst choose to be tormented
That my doom should be prevented.
Thousand, thousand thanks shall be,
Dearest Jesus, unto Thee.
7 Then, for all that wrought my pardon,
For Thy sorrows deep and sore,
For Thine anguish in the Garden,
I will thank Thee evermore,
Thank Thee for Thy groaning, sighing,
For Thy bleeding and Thy dying,
For that last triumphant cry,
And shall praise Thee, Lord, on high.
Topics: Redeemer Used With Tune: JESU, MEINES LEBENS LEBEN Text Sources: Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-Book, St. Louis, 1912 (Tr. sts. 3-4, 6)
Christ, the Life of All the Living
Surely Christ thy grief hath borne
Appears in 42 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 53:4-5 Topics: Atonement Completed; Christ Atonement of; Christ Passion; Cross At the Cross; Imputation; Sinners Directed
Surely Christ thy grief hath borne
We Cannot Measure How You Heal
Author: John L. Bell; Graham Maule Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 28 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 53:4-5 Topics: Healing; Lament Used With Tune: YE BANKS AND BRAES
We Cannot Measure How You Heal
Child in the manger
Author: Lachlan Macbean (1853-1931); Mary MacDonald (1789-1872) Meter: 5.5.5.3 D Appears in 27 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 53:4 Lyrics: 1 Child in the manger,
infant of Mary;
outcast and stranger,
Lord of all!
Child who inherits
all our transgressions,
all our demerits
on him fall.
2 Once the most holy
child of salvation
gently and lowly
lived below;
now, as our glorious
mighty Redeemer,
see him victorious
o'er each foe.
3 Prophets foretold him
infant of wonder;
angels behold him
on his throne;
worthy our Saviour
of all their praises;
happy forever
are his own.
Original Gaelic text:
1 Leanabh an àihg,
an leanabh bh'aig Màiri;
rugadh an stàbull
Rìgh nan dùl:
thànig don fhàsach,
dh'fhuling nar na-àite -
son' iad an àireamh
bhitheas dha dlùth!
2 Ged a bhios leanaban
aig rìghrean na talmhainn,
'n greadnachas garbh
's anabarr mùirn,
's geàrr gus am falbh iad
's fàsaidh iad anfhann,
an àilleachd 's an dealbh
a' searg 'san ùir.
3 Cha b'ionnan 's an t-Uan
a tháinig gar fuasgladh,
iriosal stuama
ghluais e 'n tùs;
e naomha gun truailleachd.
Cruithear an t-sluaigh,
dh'èirich e suas
le buaidh on ùir.
4 Leanabh an àigh
mar dh'aithris na faidhean,
's na h-ainglean àrd'
b'e miann an sùl:
's e 's airidh ar gràdh
's ar n-urram thoirt dha:
is sona an àireamh
bhitheas dha dlùth. Topics: Life in Christ Christ Incarnate - Christmas and Epiphany Used With Tune: BUNESSAN
Child in the manger
He is despised and rejected of men
Appears in 24 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 53
He is despised and rejected of men
O sacred head, sore wounded
Author: Paul Gerhardt, 1607-1676; Robert Bridges, 1844-1930 Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.6.7.6 Appears in 23 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 53:3 Lyrics: 1 O sacred head, sore wounded,
defiled and put to scorn;
O kingly head, surrounded
with mocking crown of thorn:
what sorrow mars thy grandeur?
Can death thy bloom deflower?
O countenance whose splendour
the hosts of heaven adore.
2 Thy beauty, long desirèd,
hath vanished from our sight;
thy power is all expirèd,
and quenched the Light of light.
Ah me! for whom thou diest,
hide not so far thy grace:
show me, O Love most highest,
the brightness of thy face.
3 I pray thee, Jesus, own me,
me, Shepherd good, for thine;
who to thy fold hast won me,
and fed with truth divine.
Me guilty, me refuse not,
incline thy face to me,
this comfort that I lose not,
on earth to comfort thee.
4 In thy most bitter passion
my heart to share doth cry,
with thee for my salvation
upon the cross to die.
Ah, keep my heart thus movèd
to stand thy cross beneath,
to mourn thee, well-belovèd,
yet thank thee for thy death.
5 My days are few, O fail not,
with thine immortal power,
to hold me that I quail not
in death's most fearful hour:
that I may fight befriended,
and see in my last strife
to me thine arms extended
upon the cross of life. Topics: Passiontide and Holy Week; Lent V Year A Used With Tune: PASSION CHORALE Text Sources: 14th-century Latin hymn
O sacred head, sore wounded
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