Ah, holy Jesus, how hast thou offended (Johann Crüger)
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- (Posted 2022-01-17) CPDL #67633:
- Editor: Andrew Sims (submitted 2022-01-17). Score information: A4, 1 page, 55 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: The hymn with harmony and underlaid words in the version published in The Hymnal 1982.
- (Posted 2022-01-17) CPDL #67632:
- Editor: Andrew Sims (submitted 2022-01-17). Score information: A4, 1 page, 80 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: The hymn in the version published in The Hymnal 1982, melody with words.
General Information
Title: Ah, holy Jesus, how hast thou offended
Composer: Johann Crüger
Tune: Herzliebster Jesu
Lyricist: Johann Heermann
- Translation by Robert Bridges
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn Meter: 11 11. 11 5
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella or keyboard
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Original text and translations
English text
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 sinnèd, and the Son hath suffered;
for our atonement, while we nothing heeded,
God interceded.
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.