O Blessed Jesus This

Words and music by Paul Gerhardt · tr. Catherine Winkworth · 1656

Key of D · 120 BPM · 4/4 · Assurance,Cross,Christmas · Gal 4:4-7

Verse 1

O blessed Jesus, This Thy lowly manger
is The Paradise where oft my soul would feed:
Here is the place, my Lord, Where lies th'Eternal Word
Clothed with our flesh, made like to us indeed.

Verse 2

For He whose mighty sway The winds and seas obey,
bey, Submits to serve, and stoops to those who sin;
The glorious Son of God Doth bear the mortal load
Of earth and dust, like us and all our kin.

Verse 3

For thus, O Good Supreme, Wilt Thou our flesh redeem,
deem, And raise it to Thy throne o'er every height:
Eternal Strength, here Thou To brotherhood dost bow
With transient things that pass like mists of night.

Verse 4

Thy glory and Thy joy All woe and grief destroy;
stroy; Thou, Heav'nly Treasure, dost all wealth restore!
Thou deep and living Well! Thou great Immanuel
Dost conquer sin and death for evermore!

Verse 5

Then come, whoe'er thou art, O poor desponding
heart, Take courage now, let this thy fears dispel,
That since His Son most dear Thy God hath giv'n thee here,
It cannot be but God doth love thee well.

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