He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on Him, and by His wounds we are healed.
Isaiah 53:5
Words: Latin sequence of unknown authorship, in Bodleian Library manuscript 775, folio 185, written between 994 and 1017 (Concinat orbis cunctus). Translated from Latin to English by Edward H. Plumptre, and first published in the 1872 Hymnary.
Music: Henry T. Smart (1813–1879) (🔊 pdf nwc).
Let the whole world chant and sing
Easter praises to our king;
Alleluia!
Rescued from the fiery river,
Let the blest ones sing forever;
Alleluia!
We, too, raise with hymn and song,
Fullest praises loud and long:
Alleluia!
For our Lord for us has borne
All the bitter weight of scorn;
Alleluia!
Death’s sharp pain ’twas His to know;
His to drink the cup of woe;
Alleluia!
And from hands and feet and side,
Flowed His lifeblood’s crimson tide;
Alleluia!
On Him our transgressions fell;
He for us went down to hell;
Alleluia!
He hath triumphed o’er the foe;
He hath wrought sin’s overthrow;
Alleluia!
So, once more that Easter morn,
He to higher life was born,
Alleluia!