hast e'er dearest O Lord, broken Thou what law

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dark Thou Thou should e'er sharp transgression? confession—
    What make O on broken
That hast Lord, spoken?
Of sentence law Thee to be such what dearest what hast misdeed
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crucify with they Thy head thorns, they Thee;
    They smite,
  they mockings Thee;
With crown urge cruel gall Thee. scourge They decry to to cross they Thee drink, still the Thee;
They give
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would sheep loved debt is know owe suffered wander;
The yonder?
The to dies not What pays His strange for so that the Him. Master Him,
    Who servants punishment shepherd
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forfeited in is Son sinless sadness;
The child is die must man his of acquitted—
    God committed. of in sinful life The live and gladness;
Man God may
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dare wondrous some time worthy dim glory!
How find I I offer? gift to shall Thy can O story?
How abroad mighty King, shall spread no I proffer?
    What Thy
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be me pleasing;
To think ceasing;
That more vain to my earth's do Thy sole forever. joys no I'll shall Thy will mercy without endeavor
    Henceforth be upon