Alas! And Did My Savior Bleed

Words:
Isaac Watts
Music:
Asa Hull

Sheet music

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  1. 1Alas! and did my Savior bleed?And did my Sov'reign die?Would He devote that sacred head,For such a worm as I?Was it for crimes that I had doneHe groaned upon the tree?Amazing pity! grace unknown!And love beyond degree!
  2. 2Well might the sun in darkness hide,And shut His glories in,When God, the mighty Maker, died,For man, the creature’s sin.Thus might I hide my blushing faceWhile His dear cross appears;Dissolve, my heart, in thankfulness!And melt, mine eyes, to tears.
  3. 3But drops of grief can ne’er repayThe debt of love I owe;Here, Lord, I give my self away,’Tis all that I can do!

In the hymnals

  • Written in 1707, the words are in 2,651 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →

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