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

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