Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church ‎#103

103. For Our Transgressions Thou Wast Wounded

1 For our transgressions Thou wast wounded;
Our sins, O Lord, on Thee were laid;
Thy sufferings, O what love unbounded
For guilty man the debt have paid!
With humble thanks we now adore Thee;
Thy cross our glory shall remain;
Yet oft ashamed we weep before Thee,
That we by sin the Lord have slain.

2 O may Thy love be ever dwelling
Within my heart alone enthroned,
All other love but Thine expelling,
That love which for my sins atoned;
Thou only, Jesus, be my Treasure,
My Joy, my Crown while life shall last;
None else on earth shall yield me pleasure,
None else in heaven, when earth is past.

Text Information

• First Line: For our transgressions Thou wast wounded
• Title: For Our Transgressions Thou Wast Wounded
• Author (stanza 2): Paul Gerhardt, 1607-1676
• Author (stanza 1): Christian Ignatius La Trobe, 1758-1836
• Meter: 9.8.9.8. D. Iambic
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1969
• Topic: The Church Year: The Season of Lent

Tune Information

• Name: SAXONY
• Meter: 9.8.9.8. D. Iambic
• Key: e minor
• Source: Grimm's Choralbuch, 1755; C. Gregor Choralbuch, 1784

Tune Information:

Ich seh in bangen Buszideen; (184, D)