Text: | Ah, holy Jesus, how hast thou offended |
Author: | Johann Heermann, 1585-1647 |
Translator: | Robert Seymour Bridges, 1844-1930 |
Tune: | HERZLIEBSTER JESU |
Composer: | Johann Cruger, 1598-1662 |
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 our atonement, while we nothing heeded,
God interceded.
4. 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.
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 |
Author: | Johann Heermann, 1585-1647 |
Translator: | Robert Seymour Bridges, 1844-1930 |
Meter: | 11 11. 11 5 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1985 |
Topic: | Holy Week |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | HERZLIEBSTER JESU |
Composer: | Johann Cruger, 1598-1662 (alt.) |
Meter: | 11 11. 11 5 |
Key: | c minor |