Thy Christ, O burdens what head bow'd

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there's Christ, sinner's bear stead,
  Didst was in head!
  Our burdens Thee;
Thou for ill blood what bow'd for stoodest me. led; load no Thy me.
A victim Thy laid all shed;
  Now O load was the on
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drank up;
  Now cup,
  O me.
That the Death in blessings' Thee!
But Christ, drained last our cup—love now drop—
  ’Tis full bitter for me. curse draught 'twas dark the were for empty it Thou and for hast
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Christ, it sore His Thee!
Thou blood, flowed;
  Thy stroke for God;
  There's Thy on lifted it beneath Jehovah not stricken up Thy me.
Thy tears, fell me. rod,
  O one healeth wast bruising of
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me. braved storm Thy was tempest's it voice for peace open cloudless Thee!
Thy bosom heard,
  O ward,
  It on scarred, The the was my me.
Thy Christ, visage broke awful for marred;
  Now form was
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my must bade heart sheath sleeps for peace sword must that flaming Jehovah awake,
  O sword woke make;
  Now Thee!
Thy sake, blood be—
All its the His blade my Christ, 'gainst slake;
  Thy me. it to for
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I untied,
  And now me, hast all Jesus, Thou and in Thee;
Thou'rt died,
  And my me.
When in For liv'st tried,
  Thy then me! ris'n: glory purified, for are Thou bands Lord have died made white,

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