By Ludwig von Zinzendorf
1 John 1:7
 1839

Stanza 1

Jesus, your blood and righteousness
My beauty are, my glorious dress;
Mid flaming worlds in these arrayed,
With joy shall I lift up my head.

Stanza 2

Bold shall I stand in that great day,
Cleansed and redeemed, no debt to pay;
For by your cross absolved I am
From sin and guilt, from fear and shame.

Stanza 3

Lord, I believe your precious blood, 
Which at the mercy seat of God
Pleads for the captives liberty, 
Was also shed in love for me.

Stanza 4

Lord, I believe, were sinners more
Than sands upon the ocean shore,
You have for all a ransom paid, 
For all a full atonement made.

Stanza 5

When from the dust of death I rise
To claim my mansions in the skies,
This then shall be my only plea:
Christ Jesus lived and died for me.

Stanza 6

Then shall I praise you and adore
Your blessed name forevermore,
Who once, for me an all you made,
An everlasting ransom paid.