The Humiliation and Exaltation of Christ

Verse 1

Who has believed thy word, Or thy salvation known? Reveal thine arm, Almighty Lord, And glorify thy Son.

Verse 2

The Jews esteemed him here Too mean for their belief; Sorrows his chief acquaintance were, And his companion, grief.

Verse 3

They turned their eyes away, And treated him with scorn; But 'twas their grief upon him lay, Their sorrows he has borne.

Verse 4

'Twas for the stubborn Jews, And Gentiles then unknown, The God of justice pleased to bruise His best-beloved Son.

Verse 5

"But I'll prolong his days, And make his kingdom stand; My pleasure," saith the God of grace, "Shall prosper in his hand."

Verse 6

"His joyful soul shall see The purchase of his pain And by his knowledge justify The guilty sons of men.

Verse 7

"Ten thousand captive slaves, Released from death and sin, Shall quit their prisons and their graves And own his power divine.

Verse 8

"Heav'n shall advance my Son To joys that earth denied; Who saw the follies men had done, And bore their sins, and died."