The darkest hour has veiled the cross Where Son and Father part. The greatest grief the world has known Has broken Jesus’ heart. Beneath the crushing load of guilt, The Guiltless One is bowed— The only Sacrifice for sin God’s righteousness allowed.
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Pierced by the thorns, the nails, the spear— These wounds He bears for me; My hopeless debt He pays in blood, And I am counted free. Bowed down beneath the shameful crown, My only hope is He; Forsaken in the darkest hour That I might never be.