Inmensa y sin Igual Piedad

Representative Text

1 ¡Inmensa y sin igual piedad!
Jesús murió por mí;
Y por mi culpa vil sufrió
La muerte en la cruz.

Coro:
Acuérdate, Señor Jesús;
Acuérdate de mí;
Y por Tu muerte y Tu pasión,
¡Oh, ten piedad de mí!

2 Por la maldad que hice yo,
Murió el Redentor:
¡Oh qué divina compasión!
¡Qué infinito amor! [Coro]

3 Y tuvo que esconderse el sol
En negra confusión,
Al ver morir al Salvador
Por nuestra redención. [Coro]

4 ¡Amado Cristo!, no podré
Jamás pagar Tu amor;
Mas lo que tengo doy a Ti,
Tu siervo soy, Señor. [Coro]

Translator: Anonymous

In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries. Go to person page >

Author: Isaac Watts

Isaac Watts was the son of a schoolmaster, and was born in Southampton, July 17, 1674. He is said to have shown remarkable precocity in childhood, beginning the study of Latin, in his fourth year, and writing respectable verses at the age of seven. At the age of sixteen, he went to London to study in the Academy of the Rev. Thomas Rowe, an Independent minister. In 1698, he became assistant minister of the Independent Church, Berry St., London. In 1702, he became pastor. In 1712, he accepted an invitation to visit Sir Thomas Abney, at his residence of Abney Park, and at Sir Thomas' pressing request, made it his home for the remainder of his life. It was a residence most favourable for his health, and for the prosecution of his literary… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Inmensa y sin igual piedad
Title: Inmensa y sin Igual Piedad
English Title: Alas! and did my Savior bleed
Author: Isaac Watts
Translator: Anonymous
Meter: 8.6.8.6
Language: Spanish
Refrain First Line: Acuérdate, Señor Jesús
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

[Alas! and did my Savior bleed] (Hull)


[King of my life I crown Thee now] (Kirkpatrick)


MARTYRDOM (Wilson)

MARTYRDOM was originally an eighteenth-century Scottish folk melody used for the ballad "Helen of Kirkconnel." Hugh Wilson (b. Fenwick, Ayrshire, Scotland, c. 1766; d. Duntocher, Scotland, 1824) adapted MARTYRDOM into a hymn tune in duple meter around 1800. A triple-meter version of the tune was fir…

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Media

The Cyber Hymnal #13734
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  • Noteworthy Composer Score (NWC)
Small Church Music #6218
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Small Church Music #6218

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The Cyber Hymnal #13734

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