GRH 124 O Love, How Deep, How Broad, How High

(1)
O Love, how deep, how broad, how high!
It fills the heart with ecstasy,
That God, the Son of God, should take
Our mortal form for mortals’ sake.

(2)
For us He was baptized and bore
His holy fast, and hungered sore,
For us temptations sharp He knew;
For us the tempter over threw.

(3)
For us He prayed, for us He taught,
For us His daily works He wrought,
By words and signs and actions, thus
Still seeking not Himself but us.

(4)
For us to wicked men betrayed,
Scourged, mocked, in purple robe arrayed,
He bore t the shameful cross and death;
For us at length gave up His breath.

(5)
For us He rose from death again,
For us He went on high to reign,
For us He sent His Spirit here,
To guide, to strengthen, and to cheer.