Songs 57 - Scottish Metrical Paraphrases 1781(MP1781)

Tallis, 129; Faith, 62. Heb 4:14-16

1Jesus, the Son of God, who once

for us his life resign’d,

Now lives in heav’n, our great High Priest,

and never‐dying friend.

2Through life, through death, let us to him

with constancy adhere;

Faith shall supply new strength, and hope

shall banish ev’ry fear.

3To human weakness not severe

is our High Priest above;

His heart o’erflows with tenderness,

his bowels melt with love.

4With sympathetic feelings touch’d,

he knows our feeble frame;

He knows what sore temptations are,

for he has felt the same.

5But though he felt temptation’s pow’r,

unconquer’d he remain’d;

Nor, ’midst the frailty of our frame,

by sin was ever stain’d,

6As, in the days of feeble flesh,

he pour’d forth cries and tears;

So, though exalted, still he feels

what ev’ry Christian bears.

7Then let us, with a filial heart,

come boldly to the throne

Of grace supreme, to tell our griefs,

and all our wants make known:

8That mercy we may there obtain

for sins and errors past,

And grace to help in time of need,

while days of trial last.