Hymns of the Lutheran Church

415 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 Thy 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 The holy, meek, unspotted Lamb, Who from the Father's bosom came, Who died for me, sin to atone, Now as my Lord and God I own. 4 Lord, I believe Thy precious blood, Which at the mercy-seat of God For ever doth for sinners plead, For me, e'en for my soul was shed. 5 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. 6 When from the dust of death I rise To claim my mansion in the skies, Even then this shall be all my plea, - Jesus hath lived, hath died for me!

Text Information

Author
N. L. von Zinzendorf, 1739
Translator
John Wesley, 1740

Tune Information

Name
Jesus, din Ihukommelse
Meter
L. M.
Source
German, 1605