Music by Samuel Sebastian Wesley, words by attr. Paul Gerhardt
O Head, once filled with bruises,
Oppressed with pain and scorn,
O'erwhelmed with man's abuses,
Mocked with a crown of thorn!
O Head, to death once wounded
In shame upon the tree,
In glory now surrounded
With brightest majesty!
O Lord of all transcendent,
O life-creating Sun
To worlds on You dependent,
Yet bruised and spit upon!
O Lord, You were tormented,
With our sin's heavy load;
We had the debt augmented,
Which You have paid in blood.
Our thanks to You we offer,
Lord Jesus, Friend in need!
For what Your soul did suffer
When You for us did bleed;
Grant us to lean unshaken
Upon Your faithfulness,
Until, to glory taken,
We see You face to face.