Trinity Psalter Hymnal ‎#337

337. 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 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

• 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:
  Isaiah 53:3-7
• Topic: Christ: Passion and Atoning Death of; Christ: As Shepherd; Christ: As Substitute; Christ: Suffering of; Confession and repentance; Imputation of Sin; Incarnation
• Source: Yattendon Hymnal, 1899

Tune Information

• Name: HERZLIEBSTER JESU
• Composer: Johann Crüger (1640)
• Meter: 11.11.11.5.
• Key: g minor