Romans 3 - Scottish Metrical Paraphrases 1781(MP1781)

SONG 468,6,8,6tune: St. Thomas, 119.Romans 3:19-22

19-22 Vain are the hopes the sons of men

upon their works have built;

Their hearts by nature are unclean,

their actions full of guilt.

2 Silent let Jew and Gentile stand,

without one vaunting word;

And, humbled low, confess their guilt

before heav’n’s righteous Lord.

3 No hope can on the law be built

of justifying grace;

The law, that shows the sinner’s guilt,

condemns him to his face.

4 Jesus! how glorious is thy grace!

when in thy name we trust,

Our faith receives a righteousness

that makes the sinner just.