O Thou, be­fore the world be­gan,
Ordained a sac­ri­fice for man,
And by th’eter­nal Spir­it made
An of­fer­ing for the sin­ner’s stead;
Our ev­er­last­ing priest art Thou,
Pleading Thy death for sin­ners now.

Thy of­fer­ing still con­tin­ues new
Before the right­eous Fa­ther’s view;
Thyself the Lamb for ev­er slain,
Thy priest­hood doth un­changed re­main;
Thy years, O God, can ne­ver fail,
Nor Thy blest work with­in the veil.

O that our faith may ne­ver move,
But stand un­shak­en as Thy love!
Sure evi­dence of things un­seen,
Now let it pass the years be­tween,
And view Thee bleed­ing on the tree,
My Lord, my God, who dies for me.