Unless stated otherwise, my source for hymn texts and tunes is The Lutheran Service Book.

Friday, August 7, 2020

"I Lay My Sins on Jesus"

"I Lay My Sins on Jesus" was one of the hymns in church last month, and I noticed a small feature in the third line of the third verse:  "His right hand me embraces."  The line is inverted so that "me" is somewhat literally "embrace[d]" by words on either side.