180 | Trinity Hymnal#181 | 182 |
Text: | O dearest Jesus, what law hast thou broken |
Author: | Johann Heermann |
Translator: | Catherine Winkworth |
Tune: | HERZLIEBSTER JESU |
Composer: | Johann Crüger |
1 O dearest Jesus, what law hast thou broken
That such sharp sentence should on thee be spoken?
Of what great crime hast thou to make confession,
What dark transgression?
2 They crown thy head with thorns, they smite, they scourge thee;
With cruel mockings to the cross they urge thee;
They give thee gall to drink, they still decry thee;
They crucify thee.
3 Whence come these sorrows, whence this mortal anguish?
It is my sins for which thou, Lord, must languish;
Yea, all the wrath, the woe, thou dost inherit,
This I do merit.
4 What punishment so strange is suffered yonder!
The Shepherd dies for sheep that loved to wander;
The Master pays the debt his servants owe him,
Who would not know him.
5 The sinless Son of God must die in sadness;
The sinful child of man may live in gladness;
Man forfeited his life and is acquitted,-
God is committed.
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | O dearest Jesus, what law hast thou broken |
Translator: | Catherine Winkworth (1863, alt.) |
Author: | Johann Heermann (1630) |
Meter: | 11. 11. 11. 5. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1961 |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | Christ, The Lord Jesus; Christ: Shepherd; Christ: Suffering of(1 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | HERZLIEBSTER JESU |
Composer: | Johann Crüger (1640) |
Meter: | 11. 11. 11. 5. |
Key: | g minor |