Go Ad-Free
If you regularly use Hymnary.org, you might benefit from eliminating ads. Consider buying a Hymnary Pro subscription.
Text: | Ah, holy Jesu, how hast thou offended |
Author: | J. Heermann, 1585-1647 |
Translator: | Robert Bridges, 1844-1930 |
Tune: | HERZLEIBSTER JESU |
Composer: | J. Crüger, 1598-1662 |
Harmonizer: | J. S. Bach, 1685-1750 |
1 Ah, holy Jesu, 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, Jesu, hath undone thee.
'Twas I, Lord Jesu, 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 Jesu, 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 Jesu, 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 Jesu, how hast thou offended |
Translator: | Robert Bridges, 1844-1930 |
Author: | J. Heermann, 1585-1647 |
Meter: | 11 11 11 5 |
Publication Date: | 1986 |
Topic: | The Christian Year: Lent |
Source: | Based on an 11th century Latin meditation |
Tune Information | |
---|---|
Name: | HERZLEIBSTER JESU |
Composer: | J. Crüger, 1598-1662 |
Harmonizer: | J. S. Bach, 1685-1750 |
Meter: | 11 11 11 5 |
Key: | g minor |