And now the scales have left mine eyes
by Isaac Watts·1707·Meter 8.6.8.6 (CM)
1
And now the scales have left mine eyes,
Now I begin to see:
Oh the cursed deeds my sins have done!
What murd'rous things they be!
2
Were these the traitors, dearest Lord,
That thy fair body tore?
Monsters, that stained those heav'nly limbs
With floods of purple gore!
3
Was it for crimes that I had done
My dearest Lord was slain,
When justice seized God's only Son,
And put his soul to pain?
4
Forgive my guilt, O Prince of peace,
I'll wound my God no more:
Hence from my heart, ye sins, begone,
For Jesus I adore.
5
Furnish me, Lord, with heav'nly arms
From grace's magazine,
And I'll proclaim eternal war
With every darling sin.