Text:Jesus, my Redeemer, lives
Translator:Catherine Winkworth, 1827-78
Tune:JESUS, MEINE ZUVERSICHT

366. Jesus, my Redeemer, lives

1 Jesus, my Redeemer, lives,
death is overcome and banished.
O what joy this knowledge gives!
Now my fears of death have vanished;
though its solemn hour will come,
he will take me safely home.

2 Jesus, my Redeemer, lives;
likewise I to life shall waken.
Endless life my Saviour gives;
shall my courage then be shaken?
I belong to him, my head;
can he rise and leave me dead?

3 No, I am too closely bound
by my hope to Christ for ever;
faith's strong hand the rock has found,
grasped it, and will leave it never;
even death now cannot part
from its Lord the trusting heart.

4 I am flesh and must return
to the dust whence I am taken;
but by faith I now discern
that from death I shall awaken
with my Saviour to abide
in his glory, at his side.

5 I shall see God with these eyes,
shall behold my blessèd Saviour;
I myself shall ten arise,
and remain with God for ever;
glorified I shall ascend
to the life that has no end.

Text Information
First Line: Jesus, my Redeemer, lives
Translator: Catherine Winkworth, 1827-78 (alt.)
Meter: 78.78.77
Language: English
Publication Date: 1999
Scripture: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Topic: Assurance; Courage; Death (9 more...)
Source: Anon. in C. Runge's Geistliche Lieder und Psalmen (Berlin , 1635); Tr. cento based on Catherine Winkworth, 1827-78
Tune Information
Name: JESUS, MEINE ZUVERSICHT
Meter: 78.78.77
Key: C Major
Source: Johann Crüger's 'Praxis Pietatis Mellica', 1653



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