Text: | Ah, Holy Jesus, How Hast Thou Offended |
Author: | Johann Heermann |
Translator: | Robert Bridges |
Tune: | HERZLIEBSTER JESU |
Composer: | Johann Crüger |
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 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.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Ah, holy Jesus, how hast thou offended |
Title: | Ah, Holy Jesus, How Hast Thou Offended |
Author: | Johann Heermann (1630) |
Translator: | Robert Bridges |
Meter: | 11.11.11.5. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2018 |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | Christ: Passion and Atoning Death of; Christ: As Shepherd; Christ: As Substitute(4 more...) |
Source: | Yattendon Hymnal, 1899 |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | HERZLIEBSTER JESU |
Composer: | Johann Crüger (1640) |
Meter: | 11.11.11.5. |
Key: | g minor |