Jesus, Your blood and righteousness
by Nicolaus L. von Zimendorf (1700–1760) · translated by John Wesley (1703–1791)
Representative text
As printed in The Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal (1985), no. 177.
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.
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.
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.
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.