54 (LXXXIV.--"O Trauerigkeit, O Herzeleid.")
54.
Original Tune.
O Trauerigkeit, O Herzeleid
Rist, 1637
O darkest woe! Ye tears forth flow! Has earth so sad a wonder, That the Father's only Son Now lies buried yonder! | O son of man! It was the ban Of death on thee that brought Him Down to suffer for thy sins, And such woe hath wrought Him. | Behold thy Lord, The Lamb of God, Blood-sprinkled lies before thee, Pouring out His life that He May to life restore thee. | O Ground of faith Laid low in death! Sweet lips now silent sleeping! Surely all that live must mourn Here with bitter weeping. | Yea, blest is he Whose heart shall be Fix'd here, and apprehendeth Why the Lord of glory thus To the grave descendeth. | O Jesu blest! My help and rest! With tears I pray--Lord, hear me; Make me love Thee to the last, In the grave be near me! | |