Lyrics
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.
His robes for mine:
What cause have I for dread?
God's daunting law
Christ mastered in my stead.
Faultless I stand
With righteous works not mine,
Saved by my Lord's
Vicarious death and life.
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.
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!
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.
His robes for mine:
Such anguish none can know.
Christ, God's belov’d,
Condemned as though His foe.
He, as though I,
Accursed and left alone;
I, as though He,
Embraced and welcomed home!
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.
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.
Song History & Meaning
Composer / Hymnodist: Chris Anderson
The miracle of the Gospel is wrapped up in a wonderful exchange: Jesus took on the heavy, stained garments of our sin so that we could be clothed in His pristine righteousness. When God looks at you today, He sees the perfection of His Beloved Son. You no longer have to live in fear of condemnation or strive to earn acceptance. Rest deeply in the beauty of His grace, and let your heart overflow with quiet gratitude for the Savior who took your place.
📖 Related Scripture Passages:
- 2 Corinthians 5:21: “For him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf; so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.”
- Isaiah 61:10: “I will greatly rejoice in Yahweh! My soul will be joyful in my God; for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation, he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.”
- 1 Peter 2:24: “He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed.”