Alas, and Did My Savior Bleed

Isaac Watts (1707) • English

Primary Scripture: Genesis 32:10

Verse 1

Alas! and did my Savior bleed, and did my Sovereign die! Would he devote that sacred head for sinners such as I?

Verse 2

Was it for crimes that I have done, he groaned upon the tree? Amazing pity! Grace unknown! And love beyond degree!

Verse 3

Well might the sun in darkness hide, and shut its glories in, when God, the mighty maker, died for his own creature's sin.

Verse 4

Thus might I hide my blushing face while his dear cross appears; dissolve my heart in thankfulness, and melt mine eyes to tears.

Verse 5

But drops of tears can ne'er repay the debt of love I owe. Here, Lord, I give myself away; 'tis all that I can do.

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