Author: Johann Heermann, 1585-1647; Catherine Winkworth, 1827-1878 Meter: 11.11.11.5 Appears in 22 hymnals First Line: O dearest Jesus, what law have you broken Lyrics: ... have you to make confession, what dark transgression? 2 They crown ... these sorrows, whence this mortal anguish? It is my sins for which ... inherit, this I do merit. 4 What punishment so strange is suffered yonder ... die in sadness, the sinful child of man may live in ... Scripture: Isaiah 53:4-6 Used With Tune: HERZLIEBSTER JESU Text Sources: Tr. st. 5 The Lutheran Hymnal , 1941, alt.
What Law Have You Broken