Laudes Domini ‎#166

166. Suffered for sin

1 Oh, if my soul were formed for woe,
How would I vent my sighs!
Repentance should like rivers flow
From both my streaming eyes.

2 'Twas for my sins my dearest Lord
Hung on the cursed tree,
And groaned away a dying life
For thee, my soul! for thee.

3 Oh, how I hate these lusts of mine
That crucified my Lord;
Those sins that pierced and nailed his flesh
Fast to the fatal wood!

4 Yes, my Redeemer they shall die;
My heart has so decreed;
Nor will I spare the guilty things
That made my Saviour bleed.

5 While with a melting, broken heart,
My murdered Lord I view,
I'll raise revenge against my sins,
And slay the murderers too.

Text Information

• First Line: Oh, if my soul were formed for woe
• Title: Suffered for sin
• Author: Isaac Watts
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1890
• Topic: Sufferings and Death; Christ: Crucifixion of; Christ: Sufferings of
• Notes: Now Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: COMMUNION
• Composer: S. Jenks
• Meter: C. M.
• Key: A♭ Major
• Notes: Now Public Domain.