Sing Joyfully ‎#325

325. Jesus, Thy Blood and Righteousness

1 Jesus, Thy blood and righteousness
My beauty are, my glorious dress;
'Midst flaming worlds, in these arrayed,
With joy shall I lift up my head.

2 Bold shall I stand in that great day,
For who aught to my charge shall lay?
Fully absolved through these I am,
From sin and fear, from guilt and shame.

3 Lord, I believe Thy precious blood,
Which, at the mercy seat of God
Forever doth for sinners plead,
For me, e'en for my soul, was shed.

4 Lord, I believe were sinners more
Than sands upon the ocean shore,
Thou hast for all a ransom paid,
For all a full atonement made.

5 When from the dust of death I rise
To claim my mansion in the skies,
This then shall be my only plea:
Jesus hath lived and died for me.

6 Jesus, be endless praise to Thee,
Whose boundless mercy hath for me,
For me, and all Thy hands have made,
An everlasting ransom paid.

Text Information

• First Line: Jesus, Thy blood and righteousness
• Title: Jesus, Thy Blood and Righteousness
• Author: Nikolaus von Zinzendorf
• Translator: John Wesley
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1989
• Topic: Jesus Christ: Blood; Judgment; Salvation

Tune Information

• Name: [Jesus, Thy blood and righteousness]
• Key: A♭ Major
• Source: William Gardiner's Sacred Melodies