The First and Second Adam

Verse 1

Deep in the dust before Thy throne, Our guilt and our disgrace we own; Great God! we own th'unhappy name Whence sprung our nature and our shame.

Verse 2

But whilst our spirits, filled with awe, Behold the terrors of Thy law, We sing the honors of Thy grace, That sent to save our ruined race.

Verse 3

We sing Thine everlasting Son, Who joined our nature to His own: The second Adam, from the dust, Raises the ruins of the first.

Verse 4

Where sin did reign, and death abound, There have the sons of Adam found Abounding life; there glorious grace Reigns through the Lord our righteousness.

Verse 5

Amen.