broken Lord, hast e’er O law what Thou dearest

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law make O hast Lord, confession—
    What be misdeed sentence what what dark spoken?
Of hast Thou Thou on should to e’er sharp such dearest transgression? Thee broken
That
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crown still Thee. crucify Thy Thee;
    They cruel Thee Thee;
With the with thorns, drink, cross to they head they scourge gall Thee;
They They give decry mockings to smite,
  they they urge
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suffered strange for the is shepherd to Master Him. dies not His sheep owe debt Him,
    Who loved pays know would punishment so yonder?
The wander;
The servants that What
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committed. man die child in of live The his God of Son sadness;
The gladness;
Man forfeited and is sinful life may acquitted—
    God must is in sinless
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no abroad wondrous I glory!
How dare King, offer? worthy mighty shall Thy dim to can I find proffer?
    What time some O Thy gift spread I story?
How shall
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forever. be I’ll me more shall sole my without Thy upon be Thy earth’s will mercy endeavor
    Henceforth pleasing;
To ceasing;
That think vain do no joys to