Ah, Holy Jesus
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w: Johann Heermann, 1630; trans. by Robert S. Bridges, 1899
m: Johann Cruger, 1640
Tune: Herzliebster Jesu
Meter: 11.11.11.5

[Verse 1]
Ah, holy Jesus, how hast thou offended,
that we to judge thee have in hate pretended?
By foes 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 has sin~ned, and the Son hath suffered.
For our atonement, while we nothing heeded,
God interceded.

[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.