Hymns to the Living God ‎#228

228. 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 Thy great day,
for who aught to my charge shall lay?
Fully absolved through these I am,
from sin and fear, from guilt and shame.

3 Lord, I believe Thy precious blood,
which, at the mercy seat of God,
forever doth for sinners plead,
for me, e'en for my soul, was shed.

4 Jesus, be endless praise to Thee,
whose boundless mercy hath for me,
for me a full atonement made,
an everlasting ransom paid.

5 When from the dust of death I rise
to claim my mansion in the skies,
e'en then this shall be all my plea,
Jesus hath lived, hath died, for me.

6 O let the dead now hear Thy voice;
now bid Thy ransomed ones rejoice;
their beauty this, their glorious dress,
Jesus, Thy blood and righteousness.

Text Information

• First Line: Jesus, Thy blood and righteousness
• Title: Jesus, Thy Blood and Righteousness
• Author: Nicolaus L. von Zinzendorf (1739)
• Translator: John Wesley (1740)
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2017
• Topic: Salvation

Tune Information

• Name: GERMANY
• Meter: LM
• Key: B♭ Major
• Source: William Gardiner's Sacred Melodies, 1815
• Notes: Lower key: no. 322