Lutheran Hymnal: 062 - My Song is Love Unknown

1 My song is love unknown, My Saviour’s love to me, Love to the loveless shown, That they might lovely be. O who am I, That for my sake My Lord should take Frail flesh, and die? 2 He came from His blest throne, Salvation to bestow; But men made strange, and none The longed-for Christ would know. But O, my friend, My friend indeed, Who at my need His life did spend! 3 Sometimes they strew His way, And His sweet praises sing; Resounding all the day Hosannas to their King. Then “Crucify!” Is all their breath, And for His death They thirst and cry. 4 They rise, and needs will have My dear Lord made away; A murderer they save, The prince of life they slay. Yet cheerful He To suffering goes, That He His foes From thence might free. 5 Here might I stay and sing, No story so divine; Never was love, dear King Never was grief like Thine! This is my Friend, In whose sweet praise I all my days Could gladly spend.