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Alas! and did my Saviour bleed Godly sorrow arising from the sufferings of Christ

Isaac Watts printed it in 1707 in Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Book II, no. 9.

WRITTEN BY

Isaac Watts 1674–1748

PRINTED

1707 Hymns and Spiritual Songs · no. 9

METRE

Common Metre 8.6.8.6 · 6 stanzas

IN HYMNALS

2,654 listed at Hymnary.org

The hymn, and the Scripture in it

All 6 stanzas as Watts printed them, with the verses their lines echo beside them. Point at a line to join it to its verse; click to read the passage.

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Its place in the book

Book II of the hymn book, “Composed on divine subjects”, holds these hymns in this order: 181 hymns. This is number 9. Point at a tick to see the hymn; click it to open that hymn.

NO. 9 · ISAAC WATTS · THIS HYMN Alas! and did my Saviour bleed

Where hymnals place it

Printed hymnals list, for each hymn, the Bible passages it goes with, so a church can choose a hymn for the day's reading. Gathered from the hymnals Hymnary.org catalogues, editors have tied this hymn to 40 passages in 16 books. One square is one passage; a ringed square is one the hymn's own lines echo. Point at a square to read it; click to open it beside the page.

Isaiah 5

Matthew 3

Mark 3

Luke 4

John 3

Romans 4

1 Corinthians 2

2 Corinthians 2

Galatians 1

Ephesians 2

Colossians 1

1 Timothy 2

Titus 1

Hebrews 1

1 Peter 1

1 John 5

ISAIAH 53 · THE WHOLE CHAPTER

1Who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed? 2He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no stately form or majesty to attract us, no beauty that we should desire Him. 3He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not. 4Surely He took on our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken by God, struck down and afflicted. … 8 more verses

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