Service Book and Hymnal of the Lutheran Church in America ‎#376b

376b. 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 that great day,
For who aught to my charge shall lay?
Fully through thee absolved 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 When from the dust of death I rise
To claim my mansion in the skies,
E'en then shall be all my plea,
'Jesus hath lived, hath died for me.'

Text Information

• First Line: Jesus, thy Blood and righteousness
• Translator: John Wesley, 1703 - 91
• Author (Sts. 2 - 4): Nicolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf, 1700 - 60
• Author (stanza 1): Paul Eber, 1511 - 69
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1958
• Topic: Holy Communion; The Life in Christ: Repentance and Faith

Tune Information

• Name: O JESU CHRIST, MEINS LEBENS LICHT
• Key: G Major
• Source: Nürnberg Gesangbuch, 1676