Text: | Ah, Holy Jesus, How Hast Thou Offended |
Author: | Johann H. Heermann (1585-1647) |
Translator: | Robert Seymour Bridges (1844-1930) |
Tune: | HERZLIEBSTER JESU |
Adapter: | Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) |
Composer: | Johann Cruger (1598-1662) |
1 Ah, holy Jesus, how hast thou offended,
that we 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 our atonement, while we nothing heeded,
God interceded.
4 For me, kind Jesus, was thy 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.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Ah, holy Jesus, how hast thou offended |
Title: | Ah, Holy Jesus, How Hast Thou Offended |
Author: | Johann H. Heermann (1585-1647) |
Translator: | Robert Seymour Bridges (1844-1930) (alt.) |
Meter: | 11 11 11 5 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1998 |
Scripture: | ; ; |
Topic: | Holy Week (Good Friday) |
Copyright: | Tr. © Oxford University Press |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | HERZLIEBSTER JESU |
Composer: | Johann Cruger (1598-1662) |
Adapter: | Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) |
Meter: | 11 11 11 5 |
Key: | g minor |