Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church ‎#123

123. My Saviour Was Betrayed

1 My Savior was betrayed,
Reproach and pain to meet;
My sins the Lord conveyed
‘For Pilate’s judgment seat;
These, these id Him deliver
Into the foe’s dire hand;
I should have felt forever
The pangs my Lord sustained.

2 Thou God of my salvation,
In Whom I trust by faith,
Who hast for my transgression
Lain in the dust of death,
I place upon Thy merit
While here, my confidence;
And will commend my spirit
To Thee, when I go hence.

3 Lord, grant me Thy salvation
And peace divine, I pray,
While under tribulation
On earth below I stay;
Till I shall stand before Thee,
And for redeeming grace,
With all the saints in glory
My hallelujahs raise.

Text Information

• First Line: My Saviour was betrayed
• Title: My Saviour Was Betrayed
• Author: Heinrich von Bruiningk, 1738-1785
• Author: Ernst Wilhelm von Wobeser, 1727-1795
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1969
• Topic: The Church Year: Passion Week
• Notes: Moravian tr. (1801)

Tune Information

• Name: PASSION CHORALE
• Composer: Hans Leo Hassler, 1564-1612 (1601)
• Meter: 7.6.7.6. D. Iambic
• Key: a minor
• Source: Popular Melody; C. Gregor Choralbuch, 1784

Tune Information:

Herzlich tut mich verlangen; (151, A)