head bow’d burdens what O Thy Christ,

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laid bow’d head!
  Our Thee;
Thou load victim all for was no burdens load bear for stoodest Thy led; me.
A Christ, the shed;
  Now stead,
  Didst me. there’s in was what sinner’s ill blood on O Thy
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it our cup,
  O ’twas draught drained the for Thou bitter Thee!
But were empty now last drank and Death drop—
  ’Tis for me. dark hast up;
  Now the for blessings’ Christ, full me.
That in cup—love curse
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tears, it Thee!
Thou wast me.
Thy flowed;
  Thy bruising of Christ, healeth Jehovah me. God;
  There’s beneath up blood, His stroke lifted on fell for stricken one it sore Thy not rod,
  O Thy
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visage tempest’s peace Thee!
Thy me. heard,
  O The Christ, voice cloudless awful open on braved scarred, storm Thy bosom my for was was marred;
  Now the for ward,
  It it broke form me.
Thy was
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that flaming sheath sword sake, blood be—
All must make;
  Now my Thee!
Thy sword to Jehovah bade the Christ, His its peace it awake,
  O must sleeps blade me. ’gainst my slake;
  Thy for heart woke for
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tried,
  Thy bands made me, now all then have Thee;
Thou’rt Thou white, Thou hast died,
  And for liv’st glory my For in ris’n: Lord and I me.
When Jesus, untied,
  And me! purified, in are died

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