Text: | Ah, Holy Jesus |
Author: | Johann Heerman |
Translator (from German): | Robert S. Bridges |
Tune: | HERZLIEBSTER JESU |
Composer: | Johann Crüger |
Media: | MIDI file |
1. Ah, holy Jesus, how hast Thou offended,
That man to judge Thee hath in hate pretended?
By foes derided, by Thine own rejected,
O most afflicted.
2. Who was the guilty? Who brought this upon Thee?
Alas, my treason, Jesus, hath undone Thee.
’Twas I, Lord, Jesus, I it was denied Thee!
I crucified Thee.
3. Lo, the Good Shepherd for the sheep is offered;
The slave hath sinned, and the Son hath suffered;
For man’s atonement, while he nothing heedeth,
God intercedeth.
4. For me, kind Jesus, was Thy incarnation,
Thy mortal sorrow, and Thy life’s oblation;
Thy death of anguish and Thy bitter passion,
For my salvation.
5. Therefore, kind Jesus, since I cannot pay Thee,
I do adore Thee, and will ever pray Thee,
Think on Thy pity and Thy love unswerving,
Not my deserving.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Ah, holy Jesus, how hast Thou offended |
Title: | Ah, Holy Jesus |
German Title: | Herzliebster Jesu |
Author: | Johann Heerman (1630) |
Translator (from German): | Robert S. Bridges (1899) |
Meter: | 11.11.11.5 |
Language: | English |
Source: | Devoti Musica Cordis, 1630 |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | HERZLIEBSTER JESU |
Composer: | Johann Crüger (1640) |
Meter: | 11.11.11.5 |
Incipit: | 11175 12334 22345 |
Key: | g minor |
Source: | Newes vollkömliches Gesangbuch Augsburgischer Confession (Berlin: 1640). |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Notes: | Bach used this music as the basis for part of his "St. Matthew Passion". |
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Adobe Acrobat image: | ![]() (Cyber Hymnal) |
MIDI file: | ![]() (Cyber Hymnal) |
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