99b | Common Praise#100 | 101 |
Text: | Ah, holy Jesu, how hast thou offended |
Author: | Johann Heermann, 1585-1647 |
Translator: | Robert Bridges, 1844-1930 |
Tune: | HERZLIEBSTER JESU |
Composer: | Johann Crüger, 1598-1662 |
1 Ah, holy Jesu, how hast thou offended,
that we to judge thee have 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, Jesu, hath undone thee.
'Twas I, Lord Jesu, I it was denied thee:
I crucified thee.
3 Lo, the good Shepherd for the sheep is offered:
the slave hath sinned, and yet the Son hath suffered:
for our atonement, while we nothing heeded,
God interceded.
4 For me, kind Jesu, 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 Jesu, 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 Jesu, how hast thou offended |
Translator: | Robert Bridges, 1844-1930 |
Author: | Johann Heermann, 1585-1647 |
Meter: | 11 11 11 5 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2000 |
Scripture: | ; ; ; ; ; |
Topic: | Passiontide and Holy Week; Lent V: Year C; Proper 22: Year A |
Source: | 11th-century Latin meditation |
Copyright: | © Oxford University Press |
Notes: | Now Public Domain |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | HERZLIEBSTER JESU |
Composer: | Johann Crüger, 1598-1662 |
Meter: | 11 11 11 5 |
Key: | g minor |