Verse 1
His robes for mine: O wonderful exchange!
Clothed in my sin, Christ suffered 'neath God's rage.
Draped in His righteousness, I'm justified.
In Christ I live, for in my place He died.
Chorus
I cling to Christ and marvel at the cost;
Jesus forsaken, God estranged from God.
Bought by such love, my life is not my own;
My praise, my all, shall be for Christ alone.
Verse 2
His robes for mine: What cause have I for dread?
God's daunting Law, Christ master in my stead.
Faultless I stand with righteous works not mine,
Saved by my Lord's vicarious death and life.
Chorus
I cling to Christ and marvel at the cost;
Jesus forsaken, God estranged from God.
Bought by such love, my life is not my own;
My praise, my all, shall be for Christ alone.
Verse 3
His robes for mine: God's justice is appeased.
Jesus is crushed, and thus the Father's pleased.
Christ drank God's wrath on sin, then cried 'tis done!'
Sin's wage is paid; propitiation won.
Chorus
I cling to Christ and marvel at the cost;
Jesus forsaken, God estranged from God.
Bought by such love, my life is not my own;
My praise, my all, shall be for Christ alone.
Verse 4
His robes for mine: such anguish none can know.
Christ, God's beloved, condemned as though His foe.
He, as though I, accursed and left alone;
I, as though He, embraced and welcomed home!
Chorus
I cling to Christ and marvel at the cost;
Jesus forsaken, God estranged from God.
Bought by such love, my life is not my own;
My praise, my all, shall be for Christ alone.