Couplet 1

Oh to be empty and lowly
Meek and unnoticed and unknown
And to God a vessel holy
Filled with Christ and Christ alone

Couplet 2

How great is God
His grandeur endless
How frail I come
Before His throne
I am lost in love relentless
That Christ be all and I His own

Refrain

May Christ be all
And I be nothing
His glory shines
In vessels weak
May Christ be all
And I be nothing
This is my hope
Not I but Christ in me
This is my hope
Not I but Christ in me

Couplet 3

I am poor and I have nothing
All my deeds cannot avail
But Christ endured the Father’s crushing
He bowed His head as Mercy bled
Peace to prevail

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He bowed His head and Mercy bled
Peace to prevail

Refrain

May Christ be all
And I be nothing
His glory shines
In vessels weak
May Christ be all
And I be nothing
This is my hope
Not I but Christ in me
This is my hope
Not I but Christ in me

Pont

Bring me low
My heart lower still
That Your grace my pride relieves
May these words
Resound loud until
Every tribe and tongue believes

Pont

Bring me low
My heart lower still
That Your grace my pride relieves
May these words
Resound loud until
Every tribe and tongue can sing

Refrain

May Christ be all
And I be nothing
His glory shines
In vessels weak
May Christ be all
And I be nothing
This is my hope
Not I but Christ in me
This is my hope
Not I but Christ in me

Couplet 4

On golden shores of sure salvation
I will run to meet my King
Freed from shame and all accusation
He’ll give Himself Nothing I’ll bring

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He’ll give Himself Nothing I’ll bring