What wonder filled the starry night
When Jesus came with heralds bright!
I marvel at his lowly birth
That God for sinners stooped to earth

His splendor laid aside for me
While angels hailed his deity
And shepherds on their knees in fright
Fell down in wonder at the sight

The child who is the way, the truth
Who pleased his father in his youth
Through all his days the law obeyed
Yet for its curse his life he paid

What drops of grief fell on the site
Where Jesus wrestled through the night
Then for transgressions not his own
He bore my cross and guilt alone

What glorious life arose that day
When Jesus took death’s sting away!
His children raised to life and light
To serve him by his grace and might

One day the angel hosts will sing
Triumphant Jesus, king of kings!
Eternal praise we’ll shout to him
When Christ in splendor comes again!