Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary ‎#265

265. Wide Open Are Thy Hands

1 Wide open are Thy hands,
Paying with more than gold
The awful debt of guilty men,
Forever and of old.

2 Ah, let me grasp those hands,
That we may never part,
And let the power of their blood
Sustain my fainting heart.

3 Wide open are Thine arms,
A fallen world t'embrace;
To take to love and endless rest
Our whole forsaken race.

4 Lord, I am sad and poor,
But boundless is Thy grace;
Give me the soul transforming joy
For which I seek Thy face.

5 Draw all my mind and heart
Up to Thy throne on high,
And let Thy sacred Cross exalt
My spirit to the sky.

6 To these, Thy mighty hand,
My spirit I resign;
Living, I live alone to Thee,
And, dying, I am Thine.

Text Information

• First Line: Wide open are Thy hands
• Title: Wide Open Are Thy Hands
• Latin Title: Salve Jesu, pastor bone
• Author: Bernard of Clairvaux, 1090-1153
• Translator: C. P. Kruath, 1823-83
• Meter: SM
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1996
• Topic: Jesus, Bread of Life; Lent 4
• Notes: Hymn text, suggested tune ABER

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