| Text: | Ah, Holy Jesus, How Hast Thou Offended |
| Author: | Johann Heermann |
| Tune: | HERZLIEBSTER JESU |
| Composer: | Johann Crüger |
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.
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| First Line: | Ah, holy Jesus, how hast thou offended |
| Title: | Ah, Holy Jesus, How Hast Thou Offended |
| Author: | Johann Heermann (1630) |
| Meter: | 11.11.11.5. |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 1990 |
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| Topic: | Jesus Christ: His Suffering; Christ: Shepherd; Christ: Substitute (1 more...) |
| Source: | Tr in Yattendon Hymnal, 1899 |
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| Name: | HERZLIEBSTER JESU |
| Composer: | Johann Crüger (1640) |
| Meter: | 11.11.11.5. |
| Key: | g minor |
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