Worship and Service Hymnal ‎#64

64. Alas! and Did My Saviour Bleed?

1 Alas! and did my Saviour bleed?
And did my Sovereign die?
Would He devote that sacred head
For such a worm as I?

2 Was it for crimes 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 his glories in,
When Christ, the mighty Maker, died
For man, the creature's sin.

4 But drops of grief can ne'er repay
The debt of love I owe;
Here, Lord, I give myself away--
'Tis all that I can do.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Alas! and did my Saviour bleed?
• Title: Alas! and Did My Saviour Bleed?
• Author: Isaac Watts, 1674-1748
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2006
• Topic: Blood; Christ: Blood of; Christ: Death of; Christ: Passion; Passion
• Notes: Alternate tune with Refrain: No. 66

Tune Information

• Name: MARTYRDOM (Avon)
• Composer: Hugh Wilson, 1764-1824
• Key: A♭ Major