My lov­ing Lord in sym­pa­thy
With ten­der­est love came un­to me;
And from the depths of mi­se­ry,
With His own hands He lift­ed me.

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With His own hands He lift­ed me,
With nail pierced hands He set me free;
From depths of sin and mi­se­ry,
With blood stained hands Christ res­cued me.

So long had I been bound by sin,
So deep­ly dyed, with­out, with­in,
And vain all bet­ter life had been,
Till Je­sus’ touch had made me clean.

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Yes, out of dark­ness in­to light,
And out of weak­ness in­to might,
Then out of blind­ness in­to sight
With nail pierced hands He set me free.

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Ah! sweet in­deed it is to sing
The prais­es of my Lord and king,
Who ev­en down to me did bring
The song of love and vic­to­ry.

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O hal­le­luj­ah! praise His name,
My bless­èd Lord, al­ways the same;
The lov­ing One, who bore my shame,
And with His life blood res­cued me.

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