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Text:Alas, and Did My Savior Bleed?
Author:Isaac Watts
Tune:MARTYRDOM
Composer:Hugh Wilson

149. Alas, and Did My Savior Bleed?

1 Alas, and did my Savior bleed?
And did my Sov'reign die?
Would He devote that sacred head
for such a worm as I?

2 Was it for crimes that I have done
He groaned upon the tree?
Amazing pity, grace unknown,
and love beyond degree!

3 well might the sun in darkness hide
and shut his glories in,
when Christ, the mighty Maker died
for man the creature's sin.

4 Thus might I hide my blushing face
while His dear cross appears,
dissolve my heart in thankfulness,
and melt mine eyes to tears.

5 But drops of grief can ne'er repay
the debt of love I owe;
here, Lord, I give myself away;
'tis all that I can do.

Text Information
First Line: Alas, and did my Savior bleed?
Title: Alas, and Did My Savior Bleed?
Author: Isaac Watts (1707)
Meter: CM
Language: English
Publication Date: 2017
Topic: Jesus Christ: Suffering and Death
Tune Information
Name: MARTYRDOM
Composer: Hugh Wilson (1824)
Meter: CM
Key: A♭ Major



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