Charles H. Giffen - O love, how deep - текст песни (слова)

Original text: O amor quam ex­sta­ti­cus, from Ap­pa­ru­it be­nig­ni­tas (Anonymous) Latin text, 15 century. The text is the original English translation by Benjamin Webb, which first appeared in The Hymnal Noted, 1854. 
 O love, how deep, how broad, how high,
 It fills the heart with ecstasy,
 That God, the Son of God, should take
 Our mortal form for mortals' sake!
 
 He sent no angel to our race
 Of higher or of lower place,
 But wore the robe of human frame
 Himself, and to this lost world came.
 
 For us baptized, for us He bore
 His holy fast and hungered sore,
 For us temptation sharp He knew;
 For us the tempter overthrew.
 
 For us He prayed; for us He taught;
 For us His daily works He wrought;
 By words and signs and actions thus
 Still seeking not Himself, but us.
 
 For us to wicked men betrayed,
 Scourged, mocked, in purple robe arrayed,
 He bore the shameful cross and death,
 For us gave up His dying breath.
 
 For us He rose from death again;
 For us He went on high to reign;
 For us He sent His Spirit here,
 To guide, to strengthen, and to cheer.
 
 To Him Whose boundless love has won
 Salvation for us through His Son,
 To God the Father, glory be
 Both now and through eternity.