O Sacred Head, Now Wounded Bernard of Clairvaux Trans. James W. Alexander, 1830 Prayer of thanks; expression of devotion to Christ for his suffering and death in our place Isa. 53 Luke 24:26; Phil. 2:8; Heb. 2:9; 1 Peter 3:18 St. 1 (O Sacred head . . . ) Isa. 53:3; Matt. 27:26-50; John 19:2 St. 2 (What Thou, my . . . ) Isa. 53:5; John 10:11; Rom. 5:6-11 St. 3 (What language . . . ) 1 Cor. 15:57