155. Ah, holy Jesus, how hast thou offended
11.11.11.5
Herzliebster:
Johann Crüger, 1640
Ecce Jam Noctis:
Sarum Plainsong, Mode IV
German; Johann Heermann, c. 1630;
Tr. Robert Bridges, 1899
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. | |