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

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