O Christ, head burdens Thy what bow’d

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

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