O what head Thy bow’d burdens Christ,

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

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