77. My Crucified Saviour, Despised and Contemned

1 My crucified Saviour, despised and contemned,
Thou innocent Victim for sinners condemned,
Thy garments are blood-stained Thy spirit doth groan,
In agony prostrate, Thou sufferest alone.

2 Thou weepest and moanest in conflict and prayer,
And writhest in agony, pain, and despair;
In thirty years’ anguish our path Thou hast trod,
And diest at last to redeem us to God.

3 For me Thou hast labored salvation to win,
For me tasted death to atone for my sin;
Neglected, forsaken, but mindful of me,
Thou prayest for those who have crucified Thee.

4 Thou consecrate Victim, my Passover slain,
The gall and the wormwood for me Thou dost drain.
That I might be blessed Thou sufferest all woe,
And diest at last on me life to bestow.

5 Our Saviour thus finished God’s plan with our race,
And laid the foundation for pardon and grace.
And then rose triumphant, the conquering Lord,
Appeased the Creator and mankind restored.

6 Restored to the bliss that was lost in the fall,
Yea, greater, for Jesus prepared for us all
Eternal salvation and mansions above;
Come, poor burdened sinners, rejoice in His love.

7 What is, then, to be reconciled unto God?
It is that He silenced the curse by His blood;
And what the relation to which we're restored?
The right to be counted the friends of the Lord.

8 So come, trembling sinner, come just as thou art,
Thy cares and Thy sorrows to Jesus impart;
In Him seek salvation from death and the grave,
For Jesus is willing and mighty to save.

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: My crucified Saviour, despised and contemned
Title: My Crucified Saviour, Despised and Contemned
Author: Anders Carl Rutströ</Font>m, 1721-1772</Font>
Meter: 11 11, 11 11.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1901
Topic: Lent
Tune Information
Name: MIN BLODIGE KONUNG
Composer: Anders Carl Rutströ</Font>m, 1721-1772</Font>
Meter: 11 11, 11 11.



Media
More media are available on the text authority and tune authority pages.

Suggestions or corrections? Contact us