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O Head once full of bruises,
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| 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 accursŠd 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 sins' heavy load, |
| | We had the debt augmented |
| | Which Thou didst pay in blood. |
| 3. | We give Thee thanks unfeigned, |
| | O Savior, 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. |