Voices United ‎#138

138. Ah, Holy Jesus

1 Ah, holy Jesus, how have you offended,
that we to judge you have in hate pretended?
By foes derided, by your own rejected,
O most afflicted.

2 Who was the guilty? Who brought this upon you?
Alas, my treason, Jesus, has undone you;
yes, I, Lord Jesus, I it was denied you;
I crucified you.

3 Lo, the good shepherd for the sheep is offered;
the slave is guilty, yet the Son has suffered;
for our atonement, we nothing heeded,
God interceded.

4 For me, kind Jesus, was your incarnation,
your mortal sorrow, and your life's oblation,
your death of anguish and your bitter passion,
for my salvation.

5 Therefore, kind Jesus, since I cannot pay you,
I do adore you, and will ever pray you,
think on your pity and your love unswerving,
not my deserving.

Text Information

• First Line: Ah, holy Jesus, how have you offended
• Title: Ah, Holy Jesus
• Translator: Robert Seymour Bridges (1899, alt.)
• Author: Johann H. Heermann (1630)
• Meter: 11 11 11 5
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1996
• Topic: The Christian Year: Holy Week; Adoration and praise; Christian Year: Lent; Christian Year: Holy Week; Commitment; Confession; Grâce; Gratitude; Jesus Christ: Adoration and Praise; Jesus Christ: Atonement; Jesus Christ: Incarnation; Jesus Christ: Love of; Jesus Christ: Passion; Jesus Christ: Saviour; Jesus Christ: Shepherd; Kindness; Penitence; Sacrifice; Salvation; Sin; Christmas 1: Year A; Palm/Passion Sunday: Year A; Proper 21: Year A; Lent 1: Year B; Lent 5: Year B; Palm/Passion Sunday: Year B; Holy Thursday: Year B; Good Friday: Year B; Proper 14: Year B; Palm/Passion Sunday: Year C; Holy Thursday: Year C; Good Friday: Year C; Ash Wednesday: Year ABC; Holy thursday: Year ABC; Good Friday: Year ABC
• Notes: Other translators also

Tune Information

• Name: HERZLIEBSTER JESU
• Composer: Johann Crüger (1640)
• Harmonizer: Johann Sebastian Bach (adapt.)
• Meter: 11 11 11 5
• Key: g minor