Trinity Hymnal ‎#179a

179a. Ah, holy Jesus, how hast thou offended

1 Ah, holy Jesus, how hast thou offended,
That man to judge thee have 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 we nothing heedeth,
God intercedeth.

4 For me, kind Jesus, was thine 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.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Ah, holy Jesus, how hast thou offended
• Author: Johann Heermann (1630)
• Meter: 11. 11. 11. 5.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1961
• Scripture:
  Isaiah 53:4
• Topic: Christ, The Lord Jesus; Christ: Shepherd; Christ: Substitute; Christ: Suffering of; Confession of Sin; Imputation, of Sin; Incarnation; Sickness
• Source: Yattendon Hymnal, 1899, Tr.

Tune Information

• Name: ISTE CONFESSOR
• Harmonizer: Healey Willan, 1880-
• Meter: 11. 11. 11. 5.
• Key: d minor
• Copyright: Music by permission of the arranger