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

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