Text: | O World, See Here Suspended |
Author: | Paul Gerhardt, 1606-1676 |
Translator: | Anna Hoppe |
Tune: | INNSPRUCK |
Adapter: | Bartholmäus Gesius |
Composer: | Heinrich Isaac |
1 O world, see here suspended,
His loving arms extended,
They Savior on the cross!
The Prince of life is willing,
All righteousness fulfilling,
To suffer anguish, scorn and loss.
2 O Thou, who hearts dost quicken,
Why art Thou sorrow-stricken,
Why all this nameless pain?
While we must make confession
Of sin and dire transgression,
No sin on Thee hath left a stain.
3 'Tis I whom sins encumber,
Whose misdeeds far outnumber
The sands upon the shore;
I caused Thy condemnation,
Thy deep humiliation,
And all the wounds that pain Thee sore.
4 The burden Thee molesting,
The weight upon Thee resting,
The heavy load is mine.
A curse on Thee is pressing,
That I may reap a blessing;
Thy pain to me is balm divine.
5 My bondsman ever willing,
My place with patience filling,
And sharing all my guilt,
A crown of thorns Thou wearest,
And my disgrace Thou bearest,
While saying, Father, as Thou wilt!
6 Death for a time must hold Thee,
The grave, too, must enfold Thee,
Lest I should be its prey;
Death, who for me had tarried,
Death now himself lies buried,
And I shall live with Thee for aye.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | O world, see here suspended |
Title: | O World, See Here Suspended |
Translator: | Anna Hoppe (a.) |
Author: | Paul Gerhardt, 1606-1676 |
Meter: | 7 7 6 7 7 8 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1930 |
Topic: | The Church Year: Passion |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | INNSPRUCK |
Composer: | Heinrich Isaac (ca. 1450) |
Adapter: | Bartholmäus Gesius (1605) |
Meter: | 7 7 6 7 7 8 |
Key: | F Major |
Source: | German chorale: Nun ruhen alle Wälder |