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Text: | Ah, Holy Jesus |
Author: | Johann Heermann, 1585-1647 |
Translator: | Robert Bridges, 1844-1930 |
Tune: | HERZLIEBSTER JESU |
Composer: | Johann Crüger |
Media: | Audio recording |
1 Ah, holy Jesus, 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, 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 |
Author: | Johann Heermann, 1585-1647 |
Translator: | Robert Bridges, 1844-1930 (alt.) |
Meter: | 11 11 11 5 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2006 |
Topic: | Holy Week, Three Days |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | HERZLIEBSTER JESU |
Composer: | Johann Crüger |
Meter: | 11 11 11 5 |
Key: | g minor |