1 Vain are the hopes the sons of men On their own works have built; Their hearts by nature all unclean, And all their actions guilt.
2 Let Jew and Gentile stop their mouths Without a murmuring word, And the whole race of Adam stand Guilty before the Lord.
3 In vain we ask God's righteous law To justify us now, Since to convince and to condemn Is all the law can do.
4 Jesus, how glorious is thy grace, When in thy name we trust, Our faith receives a righteousness That makes the sinner just.