Lord's Supper
I Come, O Savior, To Thy Table
- Words:
- Friedrich C. Heyder, 1710. Translation composite. Music: 'Ich Sterbe Täglich' from
- Metre:
- 9 8 9 8 8 8
- 1I come, O Savior, to Thy table,For weak and weary is my soul;Thou, Bread of Life, alone art ableTo satisfy and make me whole:Lord, may Thy body and Thy bloodBe for my soul the highest good!
- 2Oh, grant that I in manner worthyMay now approach Thy heav'nly boardAnd, as I lowly bow before Thee,Look only unto Thee, O Lord!Lord, may Thy body and Thy bloodBe for my soul the highest good!
- 3Unworthy though I am, O Savior,Because I have a sinful heart,Yet Thou Thy lamb wilt banish never,For Thou my faithful Shepherd art:Lord, may Thy body and Thy bloodBe for my soul the highest good!
- 4Oh, let me loathe all sin foreverAs death and poison to my soulThat I through willful sinning neverMay see Thy judgment take its toll!Lord, may Thy body and Thy bloodBe for my soul the highest good!
- 5Thy heart is filled with fervent yearningThat sinners may salvation seeWho, Lord, to Thee in faith are turning;So I, a sinner, come to Thee.Lord, may Thy body and Thy bloodBe for my soul the highest good!
- 6Weary am I and heavy laden,With sin my soul is sore opprest;Receive me graciously and gladdenMy heart, for I am now Thy guest.
- 7Thou here wilt find a heart most lowlyThat humbly falls before Thy feet,That duly weeps o'er sin, yet solelyThy merit pleads, as it is meet.
- 8By faith I call Thy holy tableThe testament of Thy deep love;For, lo, thereby I now am ableTo see how love Thy heart doth move.
- 9What higher gift can we inherit?It is faith's bond and solid base;It is the strength of heart and spirit,The covenant of hope and grace.
- 10This feast is manna, wealth aboundingUnto the poor, to weak ones power,To angels joy, to hell confounding,And life for me in death's dark hour.
- 11Thy body, giv'n for me, O Savior,Thy blood which Thou for me didst shed,These are my life and strength forever,By them my hungry soul is fed.
- 12With Thee, Lord, I am now united;I live in Thee and Thou in me.No sorrow fills my soul, delightedIt finds its only joy in Thee.
- 13Who can condemn me now? For surelyThe Lord is nigh, who justifies.No hell I fear, and thus securelyWith Jesus I to Heaven rise.
- 14Though death may threaten with disaster,It cannot rob me of my cheer;For He Who is of death the Master,With aid and comfort e'er is near.
- 15My heart has now become Thy dwelling, O blessèd, holy Trinity.With angels I, Thy praises telling, Shall live in joy eternally.
Scripture
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In the hymnals
- The words are in 9 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
- The tune, Ich Sterbe Taglich, is in 21 hymnals. The tune →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project (Brian J. Dumont), which places its own work in the public domain. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.