AH, HOLY JESUS

Verse 1:
Ah, holy Jesus, how hast Thou offended,
That man to judge Thee hath in hate pretended?
By fgoes derided, by Thine own rejected,
O most afflicted.

Verse 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.

Verse 3:
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.

Verse 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.

Verse 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.


WORDS BY: Johann Heermann
TRANSLATED BY: Robert S. Bridges
MUSIC BY: Johann Crüger