Text:Ah, Holy Jesus, How Have You Offended
Author (attributed to):Jean de Fécamp (d. 1078)
Paraphraser:Johann Heermann
Reparaphraser:Robert Bridges
Tune:HERZLIEBSTER JESU
Composer:Johann Crüger

280. Ah, Holy Jesus, How Have You Offended

1 Ah, holy Jesus, how have you offended,
That man to judge you has in hate pretended?
By foes derided, by your own rejected,
O most afflicted!

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.

3 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.

4 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.

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: Ah, holy Jesus, how have you offended
Title: Ah, Holy Jesus, How Have You Offended
Reparaphraser: Robert Bridges (1899, alt. 1972)
Paraphraser: Johann Heermann (1630)
Author (attributed to): Jean de Fécamp (d. 1078)
Meter: 11.11.11.5.
Publication Date: 1972
Scripture:
Topic: Service for the Lord's Day: After Creed; Service for the Lord's Day: After Offering; Sacraments: Lord's Supper (3 more...)
Copyright: Words altered from The Yattendon Hymnal; used by permission of Oxford University Press.
Tune Information
Name: HERZLIEBSTER JESU
Composer: Johann Crüger (1640)
Meter: 11.11.11.5.
Key: g minor



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