Lutheran Service Book ‎#567

567. Not What These Hands Have Done

1 Not what these hands have done
Can save this guilty soul;
Not what this toiling flesh has borne
Can make my spirit whole.

2 Not what I feel or do
Can give me peace with God;
Not all my prayers and sighs and tears
Can bear my awful load.

3 Thy work alone, O Christ,
Can ease this weight of sin;
Thy blood alone, O Lamb of God,
Can give me peace within.

4 Thy love to me, O God,
Not mine, O Lord to Thee,
Can rid me of this dark unrest
And set my spirit free.

5 Thy grace alone, O God,
To me can pardon speak;
Thy pow'r alone, O Son of God,
Can this sore bondage break.

6 I bless the Christ of God,
I rest on love divine,
And with unfalt'ring lip and heart
I call this Savior mine.

Text Information

• First Line: Not what these hands have done
• Title: Not What These Hands Have Done
• Author: Horatius Bonar, 1808-89
• Meter: S M
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2006
• Scripture:
  Ephesians 2:8-9
  ;
  Romans 3:28
  ;
  Romans 4:1-5

Tune Information

• Name: ENERGY
• Composer: William H. Monk, 1823-89
• Meter: S M
• Key: F Major
• Source: The Lutheran Hymnal, 1941 (Setting)