What Wondrous Love is This
Wondrous Love: A Melody of Redemption and Eternal Joy
Lyrics
What wondrous love is this, O my soul, O my soul!
Expressing awe and admiration for the incredible love being described.
What wondrous love is this, O my soul!
Reiteration of the wonder and amazement at the profound love being discussed.
What wondrous love is this that caused the Lord of bliss
Reflecting on the extraordinary love that led the Lord of bliss to take on a significant burden.
To bear the dreadful curse for my soul, for my soul,
Describing the willingness of the Lord to bear a dreadful curse for the speaker's soul.
To bear the dreadful curse for my soul.
Repeating the acknowledgment of the Lord's sacrifice for the speaker's soul.
When I was sinking down, sinking down, sinking down,
Recalling a time of spiritual descent or struggle.
When I was sinking down, sinking down,
Reiterating the experience of sinking down, emphasizing a state of need or desperation.
When I was sinking down beneath God's righteous frown,
Describing the condition of being beneath God's righteous displeasure during the period of sinking down.
Christ laid aside His crown for my soul, for my soul,
Highlighting Christ's act of humility in setting aside His crown to rescue the speaker's soul.
Christ laid aside His crown for my soul.
Reaffirming the sacrifice of Christ in laying aside His crown for the sake of the speaker's soul.
To God and to the Lamb, I will sing, I will sing
Expressing a commitment to praise both God and the Lamb through song.
To God and to the Lamb I will sing.
Reiterating the intention to sing praises to God and the Lamb.
To God and to the Lamb Who is the great I Am
Identifying the Lamb as the great I Am, a divine and eternal being.
While millions join the theme, I will sing, I will sing
Committing to continue singing this theme while millions join in.
While millions join the theme, I will sing.
Reaffirming the commitment to sing amidst a growing multitude.
And when from death I'm free, I'll sing on, I'll sing on
Anticipating a future state of freedom from death, expressing a desire to continue singing.
And when from death I'm free, I'll sing on.
Repeating the anticipation of freedom from death and the continuation of singing.
And when from death I'm free, I'll sing and joyful be,
Expressing joy and a commitment to sing when free from death throughout eternity.
And through eternity I'll sing on, I'll sing on
Emphasizing the eternal nature of the commitment to sing in a state of freedom from death.
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