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Jesus, Your Blood and Righteousness
Verse 1
Jesus, Your blood and righteousness
My beauty are, my glorious dress;
Mid flaming worlds, in these arrayed,
With joy shall I lift up my head.
My beauty are, my glorious dress;
Mid flaming worlds, in these arrayed,
With joy shall I lift up my head.
Verse 2
Bold shall I stand in that great day,
Cleansed and redeemed, no debt to pay;
For by Your cross, absolved I am
From sin and guilt, from fear and shame.
Cleansed and redeemed, no debt to pay;
For by Your cross, absolved I am
From sin and guilt, from fear and shame.
Verse 3
Lord, I believe Your precious blood,
Which at the mercy seat of God
Pleads for the captives' liberty,
Was also shed in love for me.
Which at the mercy seat of God
Pleads for the captives' liberty,
Was also shed in love for me.
Verse 4
When from the dust of death I rise
To claim my mansion in the skies,
This then shall be my only plea:
Christ Jesus lived and died for me.
To claim my mansion in the skies,
This then shall be my only plea:
Christ Jesus lived and died for me.
Zinzendorf's hymn reflects Moravian theology of blood atonement and personal faith.