Herzliebster Jesu
Ah, holy Jesus, how hast thou offended
158
The Hymnal 1982 (Episcopal)
Metric Index
11 11. 11 5 
Modality
c minor 
15-Pitch Humming Index
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Author
Johann Heermann [1585-1647] 
Composer
Johann Cruger [1598-1662 (alt.)] 
Language
English 
Publication Date
1985 
Translator
Robert Seymour Bridges [1844-1930] 
Last Five Uses
• Used on Mar 17, 2024 10:30 as the Sermon Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Apr 07, 2023 19:00 as the Sermon Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Apr 15, 2022 12:00 as the Sermon Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Apr 18, 2019 10:30 as the Gradual Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Apr 14, 2019 10:30 as the Gradual Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA 
Poem Words (Five verses)
1.
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.
2.
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.
3.
Lo, the Good Shepherd for the sheep is offered;
the slave hath sinned, and the Son hath suffered;
for our atonement, while we nothing heeded,
God interceded.
4.
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.
5.
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.
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