HE WAS DESPISED

He was despised and rejected by all,

A man of sorrows, a man of grief,

As one from whom people hide their faces

He was despised without esteem.

But he was wounded for our transgressions

And he was tortured for our iniquities

And his chastisement has brought us healing

And by his scourging we are made whole.

He had no beauty that we should desire Him,

His form disfigured, a worm, no man!

His comeliness and his beauty had vanished,

For he was scorned, despised, oppressed.

The very stone which the builders rejected

Is now and ever the corner-stone.

Let every knee bend to Jesus, our Saviour,

Each tongue confess that He is Lord!