Christian Worship (1993) ‎#113

113. Upon the Cross Extended

1 Upon the cross extended,
See, world, your Lord suspended;
Your Savior yields his breath.
The Prince of life from heaven
Himself has freely given
To shame and blows and bitter death.

2 How God at our transgression
To anger gives expression,
How loud his thunders roll,
How fearfully he smites him,
How sorely he requites him --
All this your suff'rings teach my soul.

3 'Tis I who should be smitten,
My doom should here be written:
Bound hand and foot in hell.
The fetters and the scourging,
The floods around you surging,
'Tis I who have deserved them well.

4 A crown of thorns you're wearing,
My shame and scorn you're bearing
That I might ransomed be.
My bondsman, ever willing,
My place with patience filling,
From sin and guilt has made me free.

5 Your cords of love, my Savior,
Bind me to you forever;
I am no longer mine.
To you I gladly tender
All that my life can render
And all I have to you resign.

Text Information

• First Line: Upon the cross extended
• Title: Upon the Cross Extended
• Author: Paul Gerhardt, 1607-76 (abr.)
• Translator: John Kelly, 1833-90 (alt.)
• Meter: 776 778
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1993
• Topic: Lent

Tune Information

• Name: O WELT, ICH MUSS DICH LASSEN
• Composer: Henirich Isaac, c. 1450-1517 (alt. )
• Meter: 776 778
• Key: F Major
• Copyright: Setting: © 1993 Kermit G. Moldenhauer. Used by permission.
• Notes: Alternate setting: 587