Wherewith shall I come before the Lord
And bow myself before his holy throne?
For there is nothing that I can afford
To give to him, which now he does not own.
And so he can't be pleased with any price
Of payment from the things that I have won;
Nor could he ask that I would sacrifice
To him, for all my sins, my firstborn son.
For price as this God did aforetime give
When in my place, for sins, his Son there stood
And I, in his, received the right to live.
For he has shown to me that which is good-
That I should justice do and mercy love
And humbly walk below with God above.