Lord Jesu! May Thy Grief

Lord Je­su! may Thy grief and pain

May all Thy tri­bu­la­tion

For ev­er in my sight re­main

My con­stant con­tem­pla­tion.

So whilst I see Thee cru­ci­fied

I for Thy sake will sin av­oid

On Thee my thoughts re­pos­ing.

Lo! to our world of mi­se­ry

Thou from Thy throne des­cend­est!

Stripes

scorn

dis­grace

Thou tak’st on Thee!

Life on the cross Thou end­est!

A re­fuge for our souls to make

And that our tres­pass

for Thy sake

With God may be aton­èd.

Lord Je­su! may Thy grief and pain—

May all Thy bit­ter ang­uish

My re­fuge be

my soul sus­tain

When at the last I lang­uish.

Oh grant that through Thy death I may

In peace con­clude life’s sor­row­ing day:

Bless my de­part­ure.