O Darkest Woe / O Darkest Woe Ye Tears Forth Flow [#ODarkestWoe #DarkestWoe #YeTearsForthFlow #TearsForthFlow #ForthFlow]
O Darkest Woe / O Darkest Woe Ye Tears Forth Flow [#ODarkestWoe #DarkestWoe #YeTearsForthFlow #TearsForthFlow #ForthFlow]
Song written by:
Original in German: Johann von Rist (March 8, 1607, Ottensen, Holstein-Pinneberg / Hamburg, Germany – August 31, 1667, Wedel Pinneberg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)
Translated to English from German: Catherine Winkworth (September 13, 1827, London, England, UK – July 1, 1878, Geneva, Switzerland
1
O darkest woe Ye tears forth flow
Has earth so sad a wonder
God the Father’s only Son
Now lies buried yonder
2
O sorrow dread God’s Son is dead
But by His expiation
Of our guilt upon the cross
Gained for us salvation
3
O sinful man it was the ban
Of death on thee that brought Him
Down to suffer for thy sins
And such woe hath wrought Him
4
Behold thy Lord the Lamb of God
Blood sprinkled lies before thee
Pouring out His life that He
May to life restore thee
5
O Ground of faith laid low in death
Sweet lips now silent sleeping
Surely all that live must mourn
Here with bitter weeping
6
O blest shall be eternally
Who oft in faith will ponder
Why the glorious Prince of Life
Should be buried yonder
7
O Jesus blest my Help and Rest
With tears I pray Lord hear me
Make me love Thee to the last
And in death be near me
O Darkest Woe / O Darkest Woe Ye Tears Forth Flow [#ODarkestWoe #DarkestWoe #YeTearsForthFlow #TearsForthFlow #ForthFlow] | William Weedon