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.
Source: Psalms and Hymns to the Living God #332
First Line: | Jesus, Thy blood and righteousness |
Title: | The Lord our Righteousness |
German Title: | Christi Blut und Gerechtigkeit |
Translator: | John Wesley |
Author: | Nicolaus Ludwig, Graf von Zinzendorf (1739) |
Meter: | 8.8.8.8 |
Language: | English |
Notes: | Spanish translation: See "Vestido en tu justicia, Jesús" by Wayne Andersen |
Copyright: | Public Domain |