The Cyber Hymnal ‎#8050

8050. And Now The Scales Have Left Mine Eyes

1 And now the scales have left mine eyes,
Now I begin to see:
Oh the cursed deeds my sins have done!
What murderous things they be!

2 Were these the traitors, dearest Lord,
That Thy fair body tore?
Monsters, that stained those heav’nly limbs
With floods of crimson gore!

3 Was it for crimes that I had done
My dearest Lord was slain,
When justice seized God’s only Son,
And put His soul to pain?

4 Forgive my guilt, O Prince of peace,
I’ll wound my God no more;
Hence from my heart, ye sins, begone,
For Jesus I adore.

5 Furnish me, Lord, with heav’nly arms
From grace’s magazine,
And I’ll proclaim eternal war
With every darling sin.

Text Information

• First Line: And now the scales have left mine eyes
• Title: And Now The Scales Have Left Mine Eyes
• Author: Isaac Watts
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Source: Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 1707-9, Book II
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: DUNFERMLINE
• Meter: CM
• Key: F Major
• Source: Scottish Psalter, 1615