Das Wunder von Deinem Kreuz

The wonder of your cross

The wonder of your cross shall be our meditation
To gather in that shadow as the sun goes down
To weep with those who thought that you were leaving, you were leaving, Jesus
The humple king who never wore an earthly crown

To steal away at night when they took down your body
with love and tears to leave you in a borrowed grave
to go with Mary to that place they laid you, where they laid you Jesus
and in the morningfind the stone was rolled away

The cross, O the wonderful cross
What glory and vict'ry I've found
I'll come to the wonderful cross
and my whole life I lay down

Were heaven's praises silent in those hours of darkness
Your Holy Spirit brooding 'round an empty throne?
Until the declaration, `He is risen!` `He is risen, Jesus!
He is not dead; behold He lives forever!