155a | The Hymnal#155b | 156 |
Text: | Ah, holy Jesus, how hast Thou offended |
Author: | Johann Heermann |
Translator: | Robert Bridges |
Tune: | ECCE JAM NOCTIS |
Ah, holy Jesus, how hast thou offended,
That man to judge thee hath in hate pretended?
By foes derided, by thine own rejected,
O most afflicted.
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.
Lo, the good Shepherd for the sheep is offered;
The slave hath sinned, and the Son hath suffered;
For man's atonement, while he nothing heedeth,
God intercedeth.
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.
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.
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Ah, holy Jesus, how hast Thou offended |
Translator: | Robert Bridges (1899) |
Author: | Johann Heermann (c. 1630) |
Publication Date: | 1916 |
Topic: | Holy Week |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | ECCE JAM NOCTIS |
Key: | d minor |
Source: | Sarum Plainsong, Mode IV |