Rock of Ages
Embracing Redemption: Rock of Ages Unveils Salvation's Refuge
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Rock of Ages, cleft for me,
Seeking refuge in the enduring and steadfast Rock of Ages.
Let me hide myself in Thee;
Expressing a desire to find shelter and protection in the divine.
Let the water and the blood,
Referring to the symbolic water and blood from the wounds of Christ.
From Thy wounded side which flowed,
Emphasizing the redemptive significance of Christ's sacrifice.
Be of sin the double cure,
Acknowledging the dual remedy for sin through Christ's blood.
Save from wrath and make me pure.
Seeking deliverance from divine wrath and purification.
Not the labor of my hands
Acknowledging human inability to fulfill the requirements of divine law.
Can fulfill Thy law's demands;
Recognition that human efforts alone cannot satisfy God's law.
Could my zeal no respite know,
Expressing the insufficiency of personal zeal in achieving salvation.
Could my tears forever flow,
Recognizing the inadequacy of perpetual tears to atone for sins.
All for sin could not atone;
Acknowledging that human efforts cannot fully pay for sin.
Thou must save, and Thou alone.
Acknowledging the exclusive role of Christ in salvation.
Nothing in my hand I bring,
Rejecting reliance on personal merits or achievements.
Simply to Thy cross I cling;
Choosing to depend solely on the cross of Christ.
Naked, come to Thee for dress;
Approaching God with nothing of one's own, seeking divine covering.
Helpless, look to Thee for grace;
Recognizing helplessness and seeking grace from a higher power.
Foul, I to the fountain fly;
Desiring purification through the symbolic fountain of Christ.
Wash me, Savior, or I die.
Pleading for cleansing from sin or facing spiritual death.
While I draw this fleeting breath,
Acknowledging the transient nature of life.
When my eyes shall close in death,
Contemplating mortality and the closing of one's earthly existence.
When I rise to worlds unknown,
Anticipating an afterlife and the encounter with the divine.
And behold Thee on Thy throne,
Envisioning witnessing the divine presence on a throne in the afterlife.
Rock of Ages, cleft for me,
Reiteration of seeking refuge in the enduring Rock of Ages.
Let me hide myself in Thee.
Reaffirmation of the desire to find shelter and protection in the divine.
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