Hymns

Ah, Holy Jesus, How Have You Offended?

Words: Johann Heerman, Robert Bridges · Music: The Chorale Book for England, 1863, Johann Crüger · 1630

Verse 1
Ah, holy Jesus, how have you offended,
that mortal judgment has on you descended?
By foes derided, by your own rejected,
O most afflicted!

Verse 2
Who was the guilty? Who brought this upon you?
Alas, my treason, Jesus, has undone you!
'Twas I, Lord Jesus, I it was denied you:
I crucified you.

Verse 3
Lo, the Good Shepherd for the sheep is offered;
the slave has sinned, and the Son has suffered;
for our atonement, while we nothing heeded,
God interceded.

Verse 4
For me, kind Jesus, was your incarnation,
your mortal sorrow, and your life's oblation;
your death of anguish and your bitter passion,
for my salvation.

Verse 5
Therefore, kind Jesus, since I cannot pay you,
I do adore you, and will ever pray you,
think on your pity and your love unswerving,
not my deserving.

Words: Johann Heerman, 1630; tr. Robert Bridges, 1897 | Music: Johann Crüger, 1640; harm. The Chorale Book for England, 1863

Psalm 103; Isaiah 53; Mark 12; John 1; John 10; Romans 5; Philippians 2; Colossians 2; Revelation 5

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