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Text: | Ah, Holy Jesus |
Author: | Johann Heermann, 1585-1647 |
Translator: | Robert Bridges, 1844-1930 |
Tune: | HERZLIEBSTER JESU |
Composer: | Johann Crüger, 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 man's atonement, while he nothing heedeth,
God intercedeth.
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 |
Title: | Ah, Holy Jesus |
Translator: | Robert Bridges, 1844-1930 (alt.) |
Author: | Johann Heermann, 1585-1647 |
Meter: | 11 11 11 5 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1978 |
Topic: | Holy Week |
Source: | Yattendon Hymnal |
Copyright: | By permission of Oxford University Press |
Notes: | Now Public Domain |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | HERZLIEBSTER JESU |
Composer: | Johann Crüger, 1598-1662 |
Meter: | 11 11 11 5 |
Key: | G Major |