One man sings The Crucifixion - So thou liftest thy divine petition - John Stainer

One man sings 'Jesus said, "Father, forgive them"' and 'So thou liftest thy divine petition' from Stainer's The Crucifixion.

Lyrics:

Narrator
Jesus said,

Jesus
“ Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.”

Duet
So Thou liftest Thy divine petition,
Pierc’d with cruel anguish through and through
So Thou grievest o’er our lost condition,
Pleading, “Ah, they know not what they do.”

Oh ‘twas love, in love’s divinest feature,
Passing o’er that dark and murd’rous blot,
Finding e’en for each low fallen creature,
Tho’ they slay Thee, one redeeming spot.

Yes! And still Thy patient heart is yearning
With a love that mortal scarce can bear.
Thou in pity deep, divine, and burning
Liftest e’en for me Thy mighty prayer.

So Thou pleadest, e’en for my transgression,
Bidding me look up, and trust, and live;
So Thou mumurest Thine intercession,
Bidding me look up, and trust, and live;

So Thou pleadest,
Yea, he knew not,
For My sake forgive.