The Precious Blood

As I mentioned in my other blog, sometimes I find out songs I really like are based off of prayers from The Valley of Vision. The first one I found was from To The Cross I Cling (to see the post, click here). Today, while I was reading The V. of V. to calm myself (I've had a bit of a stressful morning with the wedding today, and I couldn't find my camera which was bad....but I did find it eventually), I came across The Precious Blood. I read it, and right away I realized it was the basis for a song I really like by Sovereign Grace Music with the same title. I figured I'd post the words to the prayer and the song, so you can enjoy them if you so choose.

The Precious Blood

Blessed Lord Jesus,

Before thy cross I kneel and see the heinousness of my sin,

my iniquity that caused thee to be 'made a curse',

the evil that excites the severity of divine wrath.

Show me the enormity of my guilty by 

the crown of thorns,

the pierced hands and feet,

the bruised body,

the dying cries.

Thy blood is the blood of incarnate God,

its worth infinite, its value beyond all thought.

Infinite must be the evil and guilt that demands such a price. 

Sin is my malady, my monster, my foe, my viper,

born in my birth,

alive in my death,

strong in my character,

dominating my faculties,

following me as a shadow,

intermingling with my every thought,

my chain that hold me captive in the empire of my soul.

Sinner that I am, why should the sun give me light,

the air supply my breath, 

the earth bear my tread, 

its fruits nourish me,

its creatures subserve my ends?

Yet thy compassions yearn over me,

thy heart hastens to my rescue,

thy love endured my curse,

thy mercy bore my deserved stripes.

Let me walk humbly in the lowest depths of humiliation,

bathed in thy blood,

tender of conscience,

triumphing gloriously as an heir of salvation.