In evil long I took delight

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In evil long I took delight Looking at the Cross
Vorm	Strofelied
Herkomst
Taal	Engels
Land	Engeland
Periode	1779
Tekst
Dichter	John Newton
Metrisch	8-6-8-6

In evil long I took delight (Looking at the cross) is een lied van John Newton. Het wordt doorgaans gezongen op de anonieme melodie Campmeeting.

Vertalingen

Het lied is vertaald door

• onbekend: Lang heeft de zonde mij bekoord
• W. Raadsheer: Ik zag Hem hangen aan het kruis

Tekst

Looking at the Cross
1 In evil long I took delight,
Unaw’d by shame or fear;
Till a new object struck my sight,
And stopp’d my wild career.

2 I saw one hanging on a tree,
In agonies and blood;
Who fix’d his languid eyes on me,
As near his cross I stood.

3 Sure, never till my latest breath,
Can I forget that look;
It seem’d to charge me with his death,
Tho’ not a word he spoke.

4 My conscience felt, and own’d the guilt,
And plung’d me in despair;
I saw my sins his blood had spilt,
And help’d to nail him there.

5 Alass! I knew not what I did,
But now my tears are vain;
Where shall my trembling soul be hid?
For I the Lord have slain.

6 A second look he gave, which said,
“I freely all forgive;
This blood is for thy ransom paid,
I die, that thou may’st live.”

7 Thus, while his death my sin displays,
In all its blackest hue;
(Such is the mystery of grace)
It seals my pardon too.

8 With pleasing grief and mournful joy,
My spirit now is fill’d;
That I should such a life destroy,
Yet live by him I kill’d.

Ontstaan

Het lied verscheen (zoals boven) in John Newton, Olney Hymns, in Three Books. Book I. On select Texts of Scripture. Book II. On occasional Subjects. Book III. On the Progress and Changes of the Spiritual Life. […] London: Printed and Sold by W. Oliver, Nº 12, Bartholomew-Close; Sold also by J. Buckland, Nº 57, Pater-noster-Row; and J. Johnson, Nº 72, St Paul’s Church-yard. M DCC LXXIX [1779], p. 250-251, Book II, Hymn 57.

Externe links

• hymnary.org

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