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Ah, holy Jesus, how hast thou offended?

Johann Heermann
(translated by Robert Bridges)

Hymnary text authority (131 instances)
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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 man's atonement, while he nothing heedeth,
  God intercedeth.

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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HERZLIEBSTER JESU