Wesley Corpus

[Zechariah 12:10.] “They shall look unto him ....” From the German [Paul Gerhardt] Source: Hymns and Sacred Poems (1740), Part I Author: Charles Wesley (attributed) --- [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.