Text: | Jesus, Grant that Balm and Healing |
Author: | Johann Heermann, 1585-1647 |
Tune: | DER AM KREUZ |
Composer: | Johann B. König, 1691-1758 |
1 Jesus, grant that balm and healing
In your holy wounds I find,
Ev'ry hour that I am feeling
Pains of body and of mind.
Should some evil thought within
Tempt my treach'rous heart to sin,
Show the peril, and from sinning
Keep me from its first beginning.
2 Should some lust or sharp temptation
Fascinate my sinful mind,
Let me think about your passion,
And new courage I shall find.
Or should Satan press me hard,
Let me then be on my guard,
Saying, "Christ for me was wounded,"
That the tempter flee confounded.
3 If the world my heart entices
With the broad and easy road,
With seductive, sinful vices,
Let me think about the load
You were willing to endure;
Then I'll flee all thoughts impure,
Mastering each wild temptation,
Calm in prayer and meditation.
4 Ev'ry wound that pains or grieves me
By your wounds, Lord, is made whole;
When I'm weak, your cross revives me,
Granting new life to my soul.
Yes, your comfort renders sweet
Ev'ry bitter cup I meet;
For your all-atoning passion
Has procured my soul's salvation.
5 O my God, my Rock and Tower,
Grant that in your death I trust,
Knowing death has lost his power
Since you crushed him in the dust.
Savior, let your agony
Ever help and comfort me;
When I die be my protection,
Light and life and resurrection.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Jesus, grant that balm and healing |
Title: | Jesus, Grant that Balm and Healing |
Author: | Johann Heermann, 1585-1647 (abr.) |
Meter: | 87 87 77 88 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1993 |
Topic: | Lent |
Source: | Translation composite |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | DER AM KREUZ |
Composer: | Johann B. König, 1691-1758 |
Meter: | 87 87 77 88 |
Key: | a minor |
Copyright: | Setting: © 1978 Lutheran Book of Worship. Reprinted by permission of Augsburg Fortress. |
Notes: | Alternate setting: 319 |