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119: O HEAD once full of bruises

by P. Gerhardt (1607-1676)
based on Bernard of Clairvaux (1091-1153)
7.6.7.6.D.

sung to Passion Chorale midi score
by H. L. Hassler (1564-1612)
 (7.6.7.6.D.)

1 O HEAD once full of bruises,
So full of pain and scorn,
'Mid other sore abuses
Mocked with a crown of thorn;
O Head! e'en now surrounded
With brightest majesty,
In death once bowed and wounded
On the accursed tree.

2 Thou Countenance transcendent!
Thou life-creating Sun!
To worlds on Thee dependent ---
Yet bruised and spit upon:
O Lord! what Thee tormented
Was our sin's heavy load,
We had the debt augmented
Which Thou didst pay in blood.

3 We give Thee thanks unfeigned,
O Saviour! Friend in need,
For what Thy soul sustained
When Thou for us didst bleed;
Grant us to lean unshaken
Upon Thy faithfulness;
Until to glory taken,
We see Thee face to face.


Alternative tunes (7.6.7.6.D.)

Angel's Story midi score
Aurelia midi score
Baptisma midi score
Cliff College midi score
Confidence midi score
Day of Rest midi score
Dedekam midi score
Deutschland midi score
Dublin midi score
Ellacombe midi score
Ewing midi score
Farewell midi score
Fulness midi score
Hankey midi score
Lancashire midi score
Llanelly midi score
Lymington midi score
Missionary midi score
Munich midi score
Petition midi score
Remembrance midi score
Seine midi score
Sovereign Grace midi score
St. Christopher midi score
St. Hilda midi score
St. Theodulph midi score
Thankfulness midi score
Watcher midi score
Webb midi score
Work midi score