Luke 23: Silent before the king He stood

Silent before the king He stood,
But speaks to the mean multitude
In words of cheering grace,
Their mournful gratitude receives,
To them His last instructions gives.
While dying in their place.

Their deep calamity He sees,
Anticipates their sore distress
By pitying love foreshown,
For them more than Himself He cares.
Their distant griefs and burdens bears
Regardless of His own.