Scripture Verse

I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon Me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for Him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for Him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn. Zechariah 12:10

Introduction

Words: Charles Wes­ley, Short Hymns (Bris­tol, Eng­land: E. Far­ley, 1762), Vol­ume 2, num­bers 1438 & 1439, page 111–12, alt. In the orig­in­al, these vers­es were four sep­a­rate hymns, but were lat­er pub­lished in com­bined form.

Music: Ar­fon French & Welsh tune, ar­ranged by Hugh Da­vies, cir­ca 1906 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Da­vies (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

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Charles Wesley (1707–1788)

Lyrics

Now let Thy Word take place
In ev­ery gift and grace;
Father, let Thy Spi­rit’s stream
Make the wil­der­ness a pool,
Poured on our Je­ru­sa­lem,
Poured into my gasp­ing soul.

Lord, on me, ev­en me, con­fer
That spi­rit of faith and pray­er;
Give me eyes, my Lord, my God,
Him whom I have pierced to see,
Bearing all my sin­ful load,
Pouring out His blood for me!

Who see must sure­ly feel
O what pi­te­ous spec­ta­cle!
Stone to flesh the sight doth turn!
Yes, I share Thy dy­ing smart,
Now I look on Thee and mourn,
Now I give Thee all my heart.

Hail all-re­deem­ing Lord!
In honor of Thy Word,
Thou wilt ev­ery soul re­ceive;
Every soul Thy mur­der­er was;
Jews them­selves shall look and grieve,
Vanquished by Thy bleed­ing cross.

Who first their hands im­brued
In Thy most sac­red blood,
Turned at last they all shall be:
Thee des­cend­ing from above,
Thee, the true Mes­si­ah, see,
See, and weep, be­lieve and love.