Isaiah 53:4-5: "4 Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. 5 But he was wounded for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his stripes we are healed."
1 Peter 2:24: "He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed."
1 Corinthians 10:13: "No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it."
2 Corinthians 1:3-7: "3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, 4 who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. 5 For as we share abundantly in Christ's sufferings, so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort too. 6 If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; and if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which you experience when you patiently endure the same sufferings that we suffer. 7 Our hope for you is unshaken, for we know that as you share in our sufferings, you will also share in our comfort."
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Jesus, grant that balm and healing
In Your holy wounds I find,
Ev'ry hour that I am feeling
Pains of body and of mind.
Should some evil thought within
Tempt my treach'rous heart to sin,
Show the peril, and from sinning
Keep me from its first beginning.
Should some lust or sharp temptation
Fascinate my sinful mind,
Draw me to Your cross and passion,
And new courage I shall find.
Or should Satan press me hard,
Let me then be on my guard,
Saying, "Christ for me was wounded,"
That the tempter flee confounded.
If the world my heart entices
With the broad and easy road,
With seductive, sinful vices,
Let me weigh the awful load
You were willing to endure.
Help me flee all thoughts impure
And to master each temptation,
Calm in prayer and meditation.
Ev'ry wound that pains or grieves me
By Your wounds, Lord, is made whole;
When I'm faint, Your cross revives me,
Granting new life to my soul.
Yes, Your comfort renders sweet
Ev'ry bitter cup I meet;
For Your all-atoning passion
Has procured my soul's salvation.
O my God, my rock and tower,
Grant that in Your death I trust,
Knowing death has lost its power
Since You crushed it in the dust.
Savior, let Your agony
Ever help and comfort me;
When I die be my protection,
Light and life and resurrection.
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The first two lines ("Jesus, grant that balm and healing / In Your holy wounds I find") seem to come from 2 Corinthians 1:5: "For as we share abundantly in Christ's sufferings, so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort too." The comfort mentioned in this section of 2 Corinthians also seems to appear in the lines "When I'm faint, Your cross revives me, / Granting new life to my soul" in the fourth verse and "Savior, let Your agony / Ever help and comfort me" in the fifth.
Lines in the hymn like "Should some evil thought within / Tempt my treach'rous heart to sin, / Show the peril, and from sinning / Keep me from its first beginning" and "Should some lust or sharp temptation / Fascinate my sinful mind, / Draw me to Your cross and passion, / And new courage I shall find" echo "with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it" from 1 Corinthians 10:13.
"Ev'ry wound that pains or grieves me / By Your wounds, Lord, is made whole" at the beginning of the fourth verse paraphrases the reversal of "with his stripes we are healed" in Isaiah 53:4-5 and "By his wounds you have been healed" in 1 Peter 2:24.
Lines in the hymn like "Should some evil thought within / Tempt my treach'rous heart to sin, / Show the peril, and from sinning / Keep me from its first beginning" and "Should some lust or sharp temptation / Fascinate my sinful mind, / Draw me to Your cross and passion, / And new courage I shall find" echo "with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it" from 1 Corinthians 10:13.
"Ev'ry wound that pains or grieves me / By Your wounds, Lord, is made whole" at the beginning of the fourth verse paraphrases the reversal of "with his stripes we are healed" in Isaiah 53:4-5 and "By his wounds you have been healed" in 1 Peter 2:24.
