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Christ Jesus Lay in Death’s Strong Bands
- Christ Jesus lay in death’s strong bands,
for our offenses given;
but now at God’s right hand he stands
and brings us life from heaven;
therefore let us joyful be
and sing to God right thankfully
loud songs of hallelujah.
Hallelujah! - It was a strange and dreadful strife
when life and death contended;
the victory remained with life,
the reign of death was ended;
Holy Scripture plainly saith
that death is swallowed up by death,
his sting is lost forever.
Hallelujah! - Here the true Paschal Lamb we see,
whom God so freely gave us;
he died on the accursed tree—
so strong his love!—to save us.
See, his blood doth mark our door;
faith points to it, death passes o’er,
and Satan cannot harm us.
Hallelujah! - So let us keep the festival
whereto the Lord invites us;
Christ is himself the joy of all,
the sun that warms and lights us.
By his grace he doth impart
eternal sunshine to the heart;
the night of sin is ended.
Hallelujah! - Then let us feast this joyful day
on Christ, the bread of heaven;
the word of grace hath purged away
the old and evil leaven.
Christ alone our souls will feed,
he is our meat and drink indeed;
faith lives upon no other.
Hallelujah!
Stanza Copyright
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Hymn
359
Scripture Reference
Acts 2:24, Isaiah 25:6-9, John 6:51, Hosea 13:14, 1 Corinthians 5:7-8
Tune
Meter
8.7.8.7.7.8.7.4.
Composer Information
Walther, Johann (1524)
- Author: Luther, Martin (183)
- Author: Massie, Richard (192)