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Skało Zbawcza

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1 Skało zbawcza, otwórz się!
W męce srogiej grzechu schnę.
Boku Twego święty zdrój,
To jest lek zbawienny mój;
W mocy Twej wylanej krwi,
Złota wolność dana mi!

2 Chociażbym się łzami zlał,
W postach, umartwieniach mdlał,
Nie zapłacę za swój grzech,
Nie odwołam czynów złych;
Tę zapłatę tylko da,
Jezu, sroga męka Twa!

3 Nędzny, biedny, w sobie sam,
U stóp krzyża Twego łkam;
Jestem nagi, przykryj mię!
Posil, bo w niemocy drżę!
Zmyj nieczystość mą i brud,
Bo nie pójdę żywy stąd!

4 Skało zbawcza, skryj mój grzech,
Nim ostatni wydam dech,
Nim opuszczę grobu cień,
W ostateczny sądu dzień!
Skało wieczna, zgładź mój grzech,
Skryj mię, Chryste, w ranach Swych.

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #15138

Author: Augustus Toplady

Toplady, Augustus Montague, the author of "Rock of Ages," was born at Farnham, Surrey, November 4, 1740. His father was an officer in the British army. His mother was a woman of remarkable piety. He prepared for the university at Westminster School, and subsequently was graduated at Trinity College, Dublin. While on a visit in Ireland in his sixteenth year he was awakened and converted at a service held in a barn in Codymain. The text was Ephesians ii. 13: "But now, in Christ Jesus, ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ." The preacher was an illiterate but warm-hearted layman named Morris. Concerning this experience Toplady wrote: "Strange that I, who had so long sat under the means of grace in England, should b… Go to person page >

Translator: Paweł Sikora

(no biographical information available about Paweł Sikora.) Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Skało zbawcza, otwórz się!
Title: Skało Zbawcza
English Title: Rock of ages, cleft for me
Author: Augustus Toplady
Translator: Paweł Sikora
Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7
Source: Tr.: Harfa Syjońska. Śpiewnik dla użytku misji wewętrznej (Cieszyn: 1912)
Language: Polish
Copyright: Public Domain

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