1 Ah! holy Jesu, how hast thou offended
that cruel judgement hath on thee descended?
By foes derided, by thine own rejected,
O most afflicted.

2 What was the reason? Who hath thus displayed thee?
Ours in the treason, Saviour, that betrayed thee.
Our sin, Lord Jesus, sold thee and denied thee:
we crucified thee.

3 See, 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 us, kind Jesus, was thine incarnation:
thy mortal sorrow and they life's oblation,
thy death of anguish and thy bitter passion,
for our salvation.

5 Therefore, kind Saviour, since we cannot pay thee,
we now adore thee and will ever pray thee,
think on thy pity and thy love unswerving,
not our deserving.