O Thou, before the world began,
Ordained a sacrifice for man,
And by th’eter­nal Spi­rit made
An Offering for the sinner’s stead;
Our ev­er­last­ing Priest art Thou,
Pleading Thy death for sinners now.

Thy offering still continues new
Before the righteous Fa­ther’s view;
Thyself the Lamb for ever slain,
Thy priesthood doth unchanged remain;
Thy years, O God, can ne­ver fail,
Nor Thy blest work within the veil.

O that our faith may ne­ver move,
But stand unshaken as Thy love!
Sure evidence of things unseen,
Now let it pass the years between,
And view Thee bleeding on the tree,
My Lord, my God, who dies for me.