The Hymnbook ‎#191

191. Ah, Holy Jesus, How Hast Thou Offended

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 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.

4 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.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Ah, holy Jesus, how hast Thou offended
• Title: Ah, Holy Jesus, How Hast Thou Offended
• Author: Johann Heermann (c. 1630)
• Translator: Robert Bridges (1899)
• Meter: 11. 11. 11. 5.
• Publication Date: 1955
• Scripture:
  Isaiah 53:5
  ;
  2 Corinthians 5:21
  ;
  1 Peter 3:18
• Topic: Adoration and praise; Christ: Passion; Christ: Atonement; Cross, The; Humility; Penitence; Jesus Christ: His Passion and Atonement
• Copyright: Words from The Yattendon Hymnal, edited by Robert Bridges and H. Ellis Wooldridge. Used by permission of the Clarendon Press, Oxford.

Tune Information

• Name: HERZLIEBSTER JESU
• Composer: Johann Crüger (1640)
• Meter: 11. 11. 11. 5.
• Key: g minor
• Copyright: Music used by permission of The Church Pension Fund.