116. Thy life was given for me

1. Thy life was given for me!

   Thy blood, O Lord, was shed

   That I might ransomed be,

   And quickened from the dead.

   Thy life was given for me;

   What have I given for Thee?

2. Long years were spent for me

   In weariness and woe,

   That through eternity

   Thy glory I might know.

   Long years were spent for me;

   Have I spent one for Thee?

3. Thou, Lord, hast borne for me

   More than my tongue can tell

   Of bitterest agony,

   To rescue me from hell.

   Thou sufferedst all for me;

   What have I borne for Thee?

4. And Thou hast brought to me,

   Down from Thy home above,

   Salvation full and free,

   Thy pardon and Thy love.

   Great gifts Thou broughtest me;

   What have I brought to Thee?

5. O, let my life be given,

   My years for Thee be spent;

   World-fetters all be riven,

   And joy with suffering blent;

   To Thee my all I bring,

   My Saviour and my King!