166. Suffered for sin

1 Oh, if my soul were formed for woe,
How would I vent my sighs!
Repentance should like rivers flow
From both my streaming eyes.

2 'Twas for my sins my dearest Lord
Hung on the cursed tree,
And groaned away a dying life
For thee, my soul! for thee.

3 Oh, how I hate these lusts of mine
That crucified my Lord;
Those sins that pierced and nailed his flesh
Fast to the fatal wood!

4 Yes, my Redeemer they shall die;
My heart has so decreed;
Nor will I spare the guilty things
That made my Saviour bleed.

5 While with a melting, broken heart,
My murdered Lord I view,
I'll raise revenge against my sins,
And slay the murderers too.

Text Information
First Line: Oh, if my soul were formed for woe
Title: Suffered for sin
Author: Isaac Watts
Language: English
Publication Date: 1890
Topic: Sufferings and Death; Christ: Crucifixion of; Christ: Sufferings of
Tune Information
Name: COMMUNION
Composer: S. Jenks
Meter: C. M.
Key: A♭ Major



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