Christ Jesus Lay In Death's Strong Bands
Words and music by Martin Luther · tr. Richard Massie · 1524
Key of C · 110 BPM · 4/4 · Atonement,Blood,Bread · 1Cor 15:54-57
Verse 1
Christ Jesus lay in death's strong bands, For our offenses
given; But now at God's right hand He stands, And brings us life from
Heaven. Wherefore let us joyful be, And sing to God right
thankfully Loud songs of Alleluia! Alleluia!
Verse 2
No son of man could conquer Death, Such mischief sin had
wrought us, For innocence dwelt not on earth, And therefore Death had
brought us Into thralldom from of old And ever grew more
strong and bold And kept us in his bondage. Alleluia!
Verse 3
But Jesus Christ, God's only Son, To our low state descended,
scended, The cause of Death He has undone, His power forever
ended, Ruined all his right and claim And left him nothing
but the name, His sting is lost forever. Alleluia!
Verse 4
It was a strange and dreadful strife When life and death contended;
tended; The victory remained with life; The reign of death was
ended. Stripped of power, no more it reigns, An empty form alone
lone remains Death's sting is lost forever! Alleluia!
Verse 5
Here the true Paschal Lamb we see, Whom God so freely
gave us; He died on the accursed tree So strong His love! to
save us. See, His blood doth mark our door; Faith points to it, Death
passes o'er, And Satan cannot harm us. Alleluia!
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