Words = <<
\lyricsto "sopvox" \context Lyrics = a { \set stanza = "1. "
	O sa -- cred Head, now wound -- ed, with grief and shame _ weighed down,
	now scorn -- ful -- ly sur -- round -- ed with thorns, thine on -- _ ly crown:
	how pale thou art with an -- guish, with sore a -- buse and scorn!
	How does that vis -- age lan -- guish which once was bright as morn!
}
\lyricsto "sopvox" \context Lyrics = b { \set stanza = "2. "
	What thou, my Lord, hast suf -- fered was all for sin -- _ ners' gain;
	mine, mine was the trans -- gres -- sion, but thine the dead -- _ ly pain.
	Lo, here I fall, my Sav -- ior! 'Tis I de -- serve thy place;
	look on me with thy fa -- vor, vouch -- safe to me thy grace.
}
\lyricsto "sopvox" \context Lyrics = c { \set stanza = "3. "
	What lan -- guage shall I bor -- row to thank thee, dear -- _ est friend,
	for this thy dy -- ing sor -- row, thy pit -- y with -- _ out end?
	O make me thine for -- ev -- er; and should I faint -- ing be,
	Lord, let me nev -- er, nev -- er out -- live my love to thee.
}
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