Thou Art for Me

Hosea 3:3.

JESUS my Holy One,|Hab. 1:12.|
Thou art for me;|Psalms 56:9.|
Long ere the world begun|Titus 1:2.|
Thou wast for me.|Psalms 90:1,2.|
Long before Adam’s fall.|Proverbs 8:23.|
Bound me in sin’s dark thrall,|Romans 5:12.|
Maker and Lord of all,|Colossians 1:16, 17.|
Thou wast for me.|Jeremiah 31:3.|
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God of eternity,|Micah 5:2.|
Thou art for me;|Romans 8:31.|
Fountain of majesty,|1 Chronicles 29:11.|
Thou art for me.|Ezra 8:22.|
Thou who hast boundless power, |Genesis 17:1.|
Living for evermore;|Revelation 1:18.|
Thou whom heaven’s hosts adore. |Revelation 4:8.|
Thou art for me.|Isaiah 43:15.|
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Babe in the virgin’s womb,|Luke 1:35.|
Thou wast for me;|Hebrews 2:14.|
Child in her lowly home,|Luke 2:5.|
Thou wast for me.|Galatians 4:4, 5.|
Spotless, all-perfect One!|1 Peter 1:19.|
Child in whom wisdom shone,|Luke 2:47,52.|
Beauty and grace unknown,|Psalms 45:2.|
Thou wast for me.|2 Corinthians 8:9.|
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Jesus, obedient One,|Matthew 4:3,4.|
Thou wast for me;|Romans 5:19.|
Righteous One―faithful One,|Hebrews 3:2.|
Thou wast for me.|1 John 2:1.|
Beauty of holiness,|Psalms 96:9.|
Fullness of truth and grace|John 1:14.|
Shone in thy perfect ways,|John 17:4.|
Here, Lord, for me.|John 8:29.|
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Jesus, devoted One,|John 1:29.|
Thou wert for me;|Galatians 2:20.|
Sin-bearer―smitten One,|Isaiah 53:5.|
Thou wert for me.|Zechariah 13:7.|
Shedding thy precious blood.|Hebrews 13:12.|
Sinking in death’s deep flood,|Psalms 69:1,2.|
Bearing the wrath of God,|Romans 5:8,9.|
Thou wert for me. |1 Thess. 5:9,10.|
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Jesus, triumphant One,|Exodus 15:1.|
Thou art for me;|Exodus 15:2.|
Mighty One―risen One |Psalm 89:19.|
Thou art for me.|Romans 4:25.|
Spoir’d are the powers of hell, |Colossians 2:15.|
Vanquished the terrible,|Isaiah 49:24,25.|
Thou hast done all things well,|Mark 7:37.|
Thou art for me.|Jeremiah 15:21.|
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Jesus, exalted One,|Acts 2:33.|
Thou art for me,|Hebrews 9:24.|
Now on the heavenly throne,|Rev. 3:21.|
Thou art for me.|Heb. 8:1.|
Soon in those mansions bright,|John 14:2.|
Where faith is lost in sight,|1Corinthians 13:12. |
This shall be my delight,|Psalms 17:15.|
Thou art for me.|Psalms 73:26.|

H. B.