My sins laid open to the rod, The back which from the law was free; And the eternal Son of God Received the stripes once due to me. No beam was in His eye, nor mote, Nor laid to Him was any blame; And yet His cheeks for me were smote? The cheeks that never blushed for shame. I pierced those sacred hands and feet That never touched or walked in sin; I broke the heart that only beat The souls of sinful men to win. That sponge of vinegar and gall Was placed by me upon His tongue; And when derision mocked His call, I stood that mocking crowd among. And yet His blood was shed for me, To be of sin the double cure; And balm there flows from Calvary's tree That heals my guilt and makes me pure