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Alas! And Did My Savior Bleed?
Words: Isaac Watts HYMNS OF I. WATTS
Music:
"Martyrdom" by Hugh Wilson
Isa
53:5
Alas! and
did my Savior bleed
And did my
Sovereign die?
Would He
devote that sacred head
For sinners
such as I?
Thy body
slain, sweet Jesus, Thine-
And bathed
in its own blood-
While the
firm mark of wrath divine,
His Soul in
anguish stood.
Was it for
crimes that I had done
He groaned
upon the tree?
Amazing
pity! grace unknown!
And love
beyond degree!
Well might the
sun in darkness hide
And shut his
glories in,
When Christ,
the mighty Maker died,
For man the
creature's sin.
Thus might I
hide my blushing face
While His
dear cross appears,
Dissolve my
heart in thankfulness,
And melt my
eyes to tears.
But drops of
grief can ne'er repay
The debt of
love I owe:
Here, Lord,
I give my self away
'Tis all
that I can do.