Lutheran Worship ‎#121

121. 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 hath freely given
To shame and blows and bitter death.

2 Come, see these things and ponder,
Your soul will fill with wonder
As blood streams from each pore.
Through grief beyond all knowing
From His great heart came flowing
Sighs welling from its deepest core.

4 I caused your grief and sighing
By evils multiplying
As countless as the sands.
I caused the woes unnumbered
With which your soul is cumbered,
Your sorrows raised by wicked hands.

6 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
• Translator: John Kelly, 1833-90 (alt.)
• Meter: 776 778
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1982
• Topic: Passion Week
• Notes: This hymn is designed to be sung in alteration, stanza by stanza, with choir singing No. 120 and congregation singing No. 121. It may also be sung to No. 121 by singing stanzas 1, 2, 3, etc., in their normal order.

Tune Information

• Name: O WELT, ICH MUSS DICH LASSEN
• Composer: Heinrich Isaac, c. 1450-1517
• Meter: 776 778
• Key: F Major
• Copyright: Arrangement: Copyright Richard W. Gieseke. Used by permission.