When Jesus was born in the manger
The shepherds came thither to see
For the angels proclaimed
That a Savior was born
To save a poor sinner like me.
To save a poor sinner
To save a poor sinner
To save a poor sinner like me.
For the angels proclaimed
That a Savior was born
To save a poor sinner like me.
He was wounded for my transgressions
Acquainted with sorrow was He;
In the garden He prayed
And sweat great drops of blood
To save a poor sinner like me.
To save a poor sinner
To save a poor sinner
To save a poor sinner like me.
In the garden He prayed
And sweat great drops of blood
To save a poor sinner like me.
He was brought to Pilate for judgment
He was sentenced to hang on a tree.
It is finished! He cried
When He suffered and died
To save a poor sinner like me.
To save a poor sinner
To save a poor sinner
To save a poor sinner like me.
It is finished! He cried
When He suffered and died
To save a poor sinner like me.
But death and the grave could not hold Him
He burst them asunder for thee.
On the third day He rose
In spite of His foes
To save a poor sinner like me.
To save a poor sinner
To save a poor sinner
To save a poor sinner like me.
On the third day He rose
In spite of His foes
To save a poor sinner like me.
I’m fighting my passage to Heaven
O’er death I shall conqueror be.
Then to glory I’ll fly
And shout through the sky:
He saved a poor sinner like me.
To save a poor sinner
To save a poor sinner
To save a poor sinner like me.
Then to glory I’ll fly
And shout through the sky:
He saved a poor sinner like me.