{"id":"cw/hymns/misc/013-zechariah-1210-they-shall-look-unto-him-from-the-german-paul-gerhardt","corpus":"cw-hymns-misc","type":"hymn","author":"charles-wesley","title":"013 Zechariah 1210 They Shall Look Unto Him From The German Paul Gerhardt","title_alt":[],"text_basis":null,"date_composed":"1740","date_precision":"year","date_note":null,"numbering":{"bicentennial":null,"jackson_running":null,"sugden":null},"source_edition":{"editor":null,"title":null,"edition":null,"place":null,"publisher":null,"year":null,"volume":null,"pages":null,"scan_url":null,"scan_page_ids":null},"transcription":{"derived_from":null,"corrected_against_scan":false,"corrector":null,"corrected_on":null},"modernization":"none","license_text":"Public Domain Mark 1.0","license_apparatus":"CC BY 4.0","wikidata":null,"prev":null,"next":null,"part_of":"cw-hymns-misc","editorial_note":null,"source_id":"cw-013-zechariah-1210-they-shall-look-unto-him-from-the-german-paul-gerhardt","passage_ids":["cw-013-zechariah-1210-they-shall-look-unto-him-from-the-german-paul-gerhardt-full"],"word_count":199,"themes_auto":["christology","communion","reign-of-god"],"open":true,"closed_reason":null,"legacy_ids":["cw-013-zechariah-1210-they-shall-look-unto-him-from-the-german-paul-gerhardt-full"],"passages":[{"id":"cw-013-zechariah-1210-they-shall-look-unto-him-from-the-german-paul-gerhardt-full","author":"charles-wesley","source_id":"cw-013-zechariah-1210-they-shall-look-unto-him-from-the-german-paul-gerhardt","source_title":"013 Zechariah 1210 They Shall Look Unto Him From The German Paul Gerhardt","source_type":"hymn","year":1740,"chunk_index":0,"text":"Zechariah 12:10. \"They shall look unto him ....\" From the German Paul Gerhardt Zechariah XII. 10. \"They shall look unto him whom they have pierced.\" From the German.17 Extended on a cursed tree, Besmear'd with dust, and sweat, and blood See here, the King of Glory see! He sinks;18 expires the Son of God! Who, who, my Saviour, this hath done; Who could thy sacred body wound? No guilt thy spotless heart hath known; No guile hath in thy lips been found. I, I alone have done the deed! 'Tis I thy sacred flesh have torn: My sins have caus'd thee, Lord, to bleed: Pointed the nail and fixt the thorn. The burthen for me to sustain Too great, on thee, my Lord, was laid: To heal me, thou hast born my pain; To bless me, thou a curse wast made. In the devouring lion's teeth Torn, and forsook of all I lay: Thou spring'st into the jaws of death, From death to save the helpless prey. 17Source: Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf, ed. Das Gesang-Buch der Gemeine in Herrn-Huth (Halle: Wäysenhaus, 1737), 105-6 (104, by Paul Gerhardt). 18Changed to \"Sinks, and expires ...\" in 4th edn. (1743) and following.","word_count":199,"source_url":null,"themes":["christology","reign-of-god","communion"],"is_full_hymn":true,"created_at":"2026-01-29T18:25:02.441159"}]}