Would you believe it if I told it?
How this story took root
The ones that He saved didn’t know Him
The same ones He rescued
What’s another way I could explain it?
Was like out of the thorns in the ground
A flower sprung out of containment
Nothing could hold Him down
Man of sorrows
He bore our grief
And went to the gallows
To purchase our release
And have you ever wanted to hit back
After someone hits you first?
A typical system is set up like that
But with Him it reversed
Cuz every wrong we could ever commit
Came crushing down on His head
The sentence was served by the innocent
The guilty went free instead
Man of sorrows
He bore our grief
And went to the gallows
To purchase our release
He gave His life
That we would live
Was chained for our freedom
And finish it, He did
And if you were looking for celebrities
Or for the beautiful few
You would have missed Him entirely
shrugged Him off, it’s the truth
So listen in and hear what God has done
The arm of the Lord is revealed
Through Him the many are righteous ones
By His wounds we are healed.
Man of Sorrows: Isaiah 53
Excerpted lyrics from “Man of Sorrows” by Melanie Penn and Ben Shive, from the album The Rising, used with permission. © 2025 Equally Well Music, LLC. All rights reserved.
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- Isaiah 53
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