He was despised, but not defeated;
Rejected, yet not forgotten.
Who will believe what we have heard?
To whom does this revelation bring meaning?
He became human, a man of suffering,
Acquainted with infirmity.
Surely he bore our infirmities,
Carried our every disease,
And was wounded for our sins.
But who will believe what we have seen?
To whom does this revelation bring meaning?
We held him up—accountable for our sake,
Crushed, afflicted, and punished for our whole being.
His bruises did not only reveal his struggle;
They healed our being.
We all, like sheep, had gone our own way,
Yet were brought near.
Who will believe what we have experienced?
To whom does this revelation bring meaning?
By a perversion of justice, he was slaughtered—
Oppressed, cut off from the land of the living,
Laid to rest among the wicked.
A righteous one, with no deceit nor violence.
Yet it was the will of God that he should endure all these;
His life an offering for many.
And through his offering, we are brought near.
Who will believe what we have heard?
To whom does this revelation bring meaning?
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