To Save a Poor Sinner Like Me (EN 3653)

1

When Jesus was born in the manger

The shepherds came thither to see,

For the angels proclaimed that a Savior was born

To save a poor sinner like me.

To save a poor sinner,

To save a poor sinner like me.

For the angels proclaimed that a Savior was born

To save a poor sinner like me.

2

He was wounded for my transgressions,

Acquainted with sorrow was He;

In the garden He prayed, and sweat great drops of blood,

To save a poor sinner like me.

To save a poor sinner,

To save a poor sinner like me.

In the garden He prayed, and sweat great drops of blood,

To save a poor sinner like me.

3

He was brought to Pilate for judgment,

He was sentenced to hang on a tree.

?It is finished!? He cried, when He suffered and died

To save a poor sinner like me.

To save a poor sinner,

To save a poor sinner like me.

“It is finished!” He cried, when He suffered and died

To save a poor sinner like me.

4

But death and the grave could not hold Him,

He burst them asunder for thee.

On the third day He rose, in spite of His foes,

To save a poor sinner like me.

To save a poor sinner,

To save a poor sinner like me.

On the third day He rose, in spite of His foes,

To save a poor sinner like me.

5

I’m fighting my passage to Heaven,

O’er death I shall conqueror be.

Then to glory I’ll fly, and shout through the sky:

He saved a poor sinner like me.

To save a poor sinner,

To save a poor sinner like me.

Then to glory I’ll fly, and shout through the sky:

He saved a poor sinner like me.